Atmosphere of Titan

From Io, the most volcanically active body known to science, to Titan, which boasts its own weather cycle, take a tour of our solar system's otherworldly moons.

A blurry photo posted online in April 2024 shows a celestial body that looks like Earth but is actually Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

The lakes on Saturn's largest moon create their own exotic weather patterns, say planetary scientists.

Researchers using James Webb the Keck Observatory have teamed up to study Saturn's largest moon, Titan, and observe the way that clouds move around it.

Scientists continue to learn new things about the planet, its sweeping rings and its many moons

The tricarbon molecule (C3) is likely produced in the upper atmosphere of Titan by the reaction of abundant acetylene with atomic carbon.

On Saturn's moon Titan, ice should sink rather than float on its lakes. So how can astronomers explain the existence of mysterious floating islands?

Astronomers believe the mysterious "magic islands" on Saturn's moon Titan are honeycomb-like frozen clumps of organic material that fall like snow on the...

You may know how other planets look, like the rust orange, dusty surface of Mars or the vibrant teal of Uranus. But what do those planets sound like?

NASA is funding a concept for a space seaplane that could investigate the chemistry Titan among other innovations, with recent awards totaling $175,000 in grants.

On the morning of Saturday, November 5, an international team of planetary scientists woke up with great delight to the first Webb images of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Here, Principal Investigator Conor Nixon and others on the Guaranteed Time Observation (GTO) program 1251 team using Webb to inve

A 6-mile-think shell of methane ice on Saturn's moon Titan could assist in the hunt for life signs arising from this moon's vast subsurface ocean.

On Saturn's largest moon, Titan, snows of organic compounds may form glacier-like honeycomb chunks in methane lakes, appearing as floating "magic islands."

NASA says it'll distribute up to $2.45 million to 14 teams in support of experimental projects that would be right at home in the pages of a science-fiction ...

Studying Titan's clouds will help scientists understand why Saturn's largest moon is the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere.

Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, is the only moon in the Solar System with a dense atmosphere, and it is also the only planetary body other than Earth that currently has rivers, lakes, and seas.

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On January 14, 2005, the Huygens spacecraft descended through the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan and landed on its surface. See the images of Titan. The post Huygens landed on Saturn's moon Titan 20 years ago first appeared on EarthSky.

A blurry photo posted online in April 2024 shows a celestial body that looks like Earth but is actually Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

Astronauts report surprising scents like burnt steak and gunpowder during spacewalks, revealing space odors' intriguing origins.