Jul 19, 2019 · Using observations from the international Cassini spacecraft, scientists have explored the ring-like mounds that wrap around some of the pools found at the poles of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. The study reveals more about how these features formed.

Jul 29, 2017 · Saturn’s frigid moon Titan has a curious atmosphere. In addition to a hazy mixture of nitrogen and hydrocarbons, like methane and ethane, Titan’s atmosphere also contains an array of more complex organic molecules, including vinyl cyanide, which astronomers recently uncovered in archival ALMA data.

Sep 14, 2018 · During NASA’s Cassini mission’s final distant encounter with Saturn’s giant moon Titan, the spacecraft captured the enigmatic moon’s north polar landscape of lakes and seas, which are filled with liquid methane and ethane. They were captured on 11 September 2017. Four days later, Cassini was deliberately plunged into the atmosphere of ...

The flyby marks the mission’s final opportunity for up-close observations of the lakes and seas of liquid hydrocarbons that spread across the moon’s northern polar region, and the last chance to use its powerful radar to pierce the haze and make detailed images of the surface. Closest approach to Titan is planned for 06:08am UTC on 21 April.

Mar 18, 2017 · Lakes on the surface of Saturn moon, Titan, could fizz with nitrogen. Image credit: NASA A recent NASA-funded study has shown how the hydrocarbon lakes and seas of Saturn’s moon Titan might occasionally erupt with dramatic patches of bubbles.

Sep 8, 2016 · Cassini obtained the views during a close flyby of Titan on July 25, when the spacecraft came as close as 976 kilometres (607 miles) from the giant moon. The spacecraft’s radar instrument is able to penetrate the dense, global haze that surrounds Titan, to reveal fine details on the surface.

Dec 21, 2017 · These two missions are both robotic missions, and one aims to sample a comet and return those samples. The other is a drone-like rotorcraft concept, which will explore the surface of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. These concepts were announced on Wednesday 20 December 2017, after a thorough peer review process.

Apr 5, 2017 · During its time at Saturn, Cassini has made numerous dramatic discoveries, including a global ocean that showed indications of hydrothermal activity within the icy moon Enceladus, and liquid methane seas on its moon Titan. Now 20 years since launching from Earth, and after 13 years orbiting the ringed planet, Cassini is running low on fuel.

Aug 27, 2019 · Scientists have even been down this strange missing-lightning road before, at Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. When the European Space Agency was building its Titan probe, they worried it would need to navigate lightning bolts, but …

Building blocks of life found on Saturn’s moon Titan Archival data has confirmed that molecules of vinyl cyanide reside in the atmosphere of the ringed planet’s satellite News