On January 14, 2005, the Huygens probe made history by landing on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and sending back stunning data that gave us our first detailed look at this mysterious world. Now, on ...

For years, scientists have been intrigued by Titan as an alien world that might have the right conditions to host life, albeit in a very different form than on Earth. New research by NASA reveals that ...

NASA's Cassini–Huygens spacecraft studied Titan between 2004 and 2017 and observed cloud convection during late summer months in the southern hemisphere, but this new study is the first to watch ...

New research shows how cell-like vesicles could form in Titan’s methane lakes, hinting at possible steps toward life - without water.

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This colorized view of an image returned Friday by the Huygens probe is processed to give a better indication of the actual hue of the surface of Saturn s moon Titan. Initially thought to be rocks ...

On March 25, 1655, Saturn's moon Titan was discovered by the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens (a name that you've probably heard mispronounced as "Hoy-gens"). Titan is the largest moon of Saturn ...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has found propylene, a chemical used to make household plastic containers, on Saturn’s moon Titan, the space agency said. “This is the first definitive detection of ...

NASA's Cassini–Huygens spacecraft studied Titan between 2004 and 2017 and observed cloud convection during late summer months in the southern hemisphere, but this new study is the first to watch ...