Titan

SwRI is studying how Saturn's largest moon maintains its dense atmosphere. Scientists think Titan's core is covered in layers of ice and a subsurface liquid ocean. New experiments show that nitrogen and methane gases produced by organic matter in the core seep to the surface, regularly renewing the atmosphere. Credit: Southwest Research Institute

Scientists decipher Titan's dense atmosphere – new discoveries about the sources of nitrogen and methane

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New research suggests that nitrogen and methane seep from Titan's rocky core to the surface, helping to maintain its dense atmosphere. The findings could shed light on the planet's internal chemistry.
Simulation of the Dragonfly, a NASA spacecraft that will explore Saturn's large moon Titan. Image: NASA

NASA will launch a rover to search for life on Titan

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Simulation of the Dragonfly mission proposal - a rover will explore the surface of Titan, and will land after each flight to explore the surface and charge its batteries using a thermoelectric radioisotope generator (RTG). Source: NASA.

A rover to Titan's moon or collecting a sample from Rosetta's comet - which will NASA choose?

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A simulation of the Dragonfly mission proposal, to send a rover that could fly through the dense and icy atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan. Source: APL/Mike Carroll.

Which spacecraft will succeed Cassini in exploring the secrets of Saturn and its moons?

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Cassini's imager plunges into the gap between Saturn and its rings, in the final phase of its 20-year mission in space. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Cassini Huygens crashed on Saturn, took pictures until the last moment

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Ultraviolet and infrared shielding of the moon Titan, with which it is possible to penetrate through the atmosphere of the moon, which hides the surface when viewed in the visible light range. Artificial color image, taken by Cassini in 2004. Source: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.

Titan - new findings - part two

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Imaged above by Cassini in 2011. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute.

Titan - new findings - part one

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Image composited from raw Cassini spacecraft images taken from about 500,000 km from the Moon on May 7, 2017. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Kevin M. Gill.

New discoveries from Cassini: Titan's methane clouds and the propellers in Saturn's rings

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Cassini's last pass over Titan, which also caused a change in its trajectory and the expected dive below Saturn's rings. Image: NASA

The Cassini probe is diving between Saturn and its rings today

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The late Prof. Akiva Bar-Nun. Photo: Tel Aviv University

Migdal Shavitim: Prof. Akiva Bar-Nun passed away

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Penetration through Titan's nebulous atmosphere. Photo from the Cassini spacecraft on December 4, 2015.

Titan - findings 2015

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/University of Idaho

A unique weather system causes Titan's north polar region to be wet

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Titan. Photo: NASA/The Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Karl Kopod

Surfing Titan / Clara Moskowitz

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The researchers discovered that Titan's ice crust, which lies above a very salty ocean, varies in thickness between different regions of Saturn's large moon, indicating that the crust is in the midst of a hardening process. Photo: NASA/JPL -Caltech/SSI/Univ. of Arizona/G. Mitri/University of Nantes

From Sodom to Saturn: The subsurface ocean on Titan's moon may be as salty as the Dead Sea

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Hot air balloon exploring Titan. Image: NASA

A balloon and a submarine will tour Titan, asteroids and space debris will be captured in a net

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Rain clouds on Titan. Photo: NASA's Cassini spacecraft

Titan (7)-Rain, tides, soil temperature

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Canyons in Titan's southern hemisphere, in a radar image from the Cassini spacecraft. Photo: NASA

Titan - part 4+5: rivers, atmosphere and climate

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Artist's impression of a lake on the Saturnian moon Titan. Image: NASA

Titan – Part 3: Lakes

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The surface of Titan. The image consists of data transmitted by the Huygens spacecraft that landed on its surface in 2004. Image: NASA and the European Space Agency

Titan - the lunar soil

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The moon Titan. Photo: NASA's Cassini spacecraft

A deluge of methane in Titan's spring showers

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Mountains on Titan. Photo: NASA's Cassini spacecraft

Titan's contractions give birth to mountains

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Artist's impression of a lake on the Saturnian moon Titan. Image: NASA

Primitive Aliens on Saturn's Moon Titan: Can I Have a Cup of Methane?

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The chemistry of the moon Titan has been revealed

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Titan looks like Earth before life formed

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The next big mission: to Jupiter and its moons

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Titan - new findings

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Project 365 - the important discoveries of Huygens and hydrogen radiation

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Earth might have seeded Titan with life

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A huge crater was discovered on Titan

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First color image of Titan (and more updates)

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20:45 The first image from Titan is expected around 22:00

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First photos: stream channels and beach from 16 km and 8 km altitude, and rocks at the landing site

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The landing schedule on Titan: entry into the atmosphere 11:07, preliminary information about the success - 12:30

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Back to Lord of the Rings

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Huygens' last systems tests before its separation from Cassini passed successfully

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The Cassini spacecraft changes course - to meet Titan

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Cassini: First images of Titan only increase the mystery

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Giant waves on Titan move slowly

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The European Space Agency is preparing the Huygens to land on Titan ... in a year

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Titan may have oily oceans

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Spirits in planets and moons

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