This is a challenging mission for a number of reasons, beginning with getting down to the surface. Because Titan has a thick atmosphere, it will take about 90 minutes for the spacecraft to descend.

Titan’s atmosphere tilts and shifts seasonally. The discovery shapes future exploration. Researchers at the University of Bristol have uncovered unusual behavior in Titan’s atmosphere for the first ...

NASA approves new tests for Dragonfly, the nuclear drone that will explore the chemistry of life on Titan starting in 2028.

Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, is the only known moon that contains its own atmosphere denser than Earth's, and is the only known object in space other than Earth that contains stable liquids on ...

In 2005, ESA's Huygens probe landed on Titan, revealing the atmosphere, landscapes, and chemistry of Saturn's moon.

Bizarre NASA discoveries that we’re not allowed to talk about (but we will) Space exploration consistently reveals phenomena ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Infrared-light images of Titan taken by the James Webb Space Telescope in July 2023 showing ...

Titan's shadow will fall on Saturn in the early hours of Sept. 20, one day before the world shines at opposition in Earth's ...

Recently, NASA selected the SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch the Dragonfly aerial probe to Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. The selection constitutes another win for Elon Musk’s launch company. It also ...

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn, while outside my home in Utah snow dusted a rocky mountain outcrop I’d nicknamed ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- At least one of many large, lake-like features on Saturn's moon Titan studied by the international Cassini spacecraft contains liquid hydrocarbons, making it the only body in the ...