Scientists have discovered that the icy shell of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, could possess an insulated, six-mile-thick (9.7-kilometer-thick) layer of methane ice beneath its surface.

One of Titan's punchiest weather features is its methane clouds, which eventually produce rain. When this hydrocarbon ...

"The existence of any vesicles on Titan would demonstrate an increase in order and complexity, which are conditions necessary ...

Saturn’s moon Titan has always stood out among the celestial bodies in our solar system. It is the only moon with a thick, hazy atmosphere, and it's often compared to a primitive Earth. But now ...

In the pictures captured by Webb, Titan can be seen for an angle similar to that of Earth. Though blurry, you can still make out the lands and methane-filled lakes the line the moon’s surface.

NASA research has shown that cell-like compartments called vesicles could form naturally in the lakes of Saturn's moon Titan.

Titan, the largest moon of Saturn—The Hazy Moon, with its thick atmosphere and lakes of liquid methane and ethane, Titan has often been described as an analog for early Earth. This is because Titan ...

Recently, astronomers peered at Titan using the JWST and Keck observatories, revealing new insight into Titan’s bizarrely Earth-like weather. For More on Saturn’s Moon Titan ...

Back to Article List Oceans on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, likely have tiny waves Archival Cassini data reveals ripples on bodies of liquid ethane, methane.

A famous illustration of Saturn's moon Titan got it all wrong. Never mind -- what we imagine space to be, and what we know it is, can both evoke the sublime.

Saturn’s moon Titan has always stood out among the celestial bodies in our solar system. It is the only moon with a thick, hazy atmosphere, and it's often compared to a primitive Earth.