Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are studying Saturn's moon Titan to assess its tidal dissipation rate, the ...

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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 only moon in our solar system with a significant atmosphere. Now we have a very good idea of how this dense atmosphere formed.

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Titan, the second-largest moon in our solar system after Jupiter's Ganymede, has a denser atmosphere ... “Walking on the surface of Titan would feel a bit like scuba diving.” ...

like Jupiter's moons Europa and Ganymede. "Unless biologically available compounds can be sourced from Titan's interior, or be delivered from the surface by other mechanisms," the researchers ...

Dr. Kelly Miller from the South West Research Institute and Lead author of a paper about Titan’s atmosphere said “While just 40% the diameter of the Earth, Titan has an atmosphere 1.5 times as dense ...

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