Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and its dense nitrogen-rich atmosphere. Despite its ...

Scientists found Titan’s orbit is shifting faster than expected due to tidal dissipation. A recent cosmic event likely ...

What can a moon’s tidal friction teach us about its formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Science ...

Titan—an alien world that looks like Earth but is anything but! With vast methane lakes, plastic-like mountains, and a dense atmosphere, this Saturnian moon could be our best shot at colonization ...

Scientists are studying Saturn's moon Titan to assess its tidal dissipation rate, the energy lost as it orbits the ringed planet with its massive gravitational force. Understanding tidal dissipation ...

Titan is the second largest moon in our solar system and the only one that has a significant atmosphere. "While just 40% the diameter of the Earth, Titan has an atmosphere 1.5 times as dense as ...

At the moment this image was captured, the probe was approximately 3 miles (5 km) above Saturn's largest moon. The ... instrument revealed that Titan's surface has Earth-like features including ...

Researchers at the University of Göttingen in Germany compared rock samples from the moon and Earth. The likeness led them to conclude the satellite must have formed entirely from the same ...

The Moon passes 0.3° south of the bright red giant star Antares at 7 P.M. EST. However, the pair isn’t visible this evening, as they’ll rise in the early-morning sky, so we’ll feature them ...

The payloads included LUCI (Lunar-g Combustion Investigation), which aims at better understanding material flammability on the moon, compared to Earth. “This is an important component of ...