A new study suggests that the liquid methane lakes that dot Titan's surface may have formed when pockets of warming nitrogen exploded below the moon's surface.. This idea would solve a mystery ...

The huge moon's clouds, lakes and rain are made up of hydrocarbons, or molecules composed of hydrogen and carbon, such as methane and ethane. [Amazing Photos: Titan, Saturn's Largest Moon] You may ...

New research indicates that waves likely play a significant role in shaping the shorelines of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, which is the only other planetary body in the solar system known to ...

Titan, the second-largest moon in the solar system, is the only cosmic body beyond Earth known to host stable bodies of liquid on its surface. But Titan's lakes and seas are full of methane, not ...

In a groundbreaking study, evolutionary biologist Antonin Affholder from the University of Arizonapresents a theory about ...

Future explorers of Saturn’s moon Titan may get to surf on waves of rocket fuel. The icy shorelines of Titan’s southern lakes may be sculpted by waves of liquid methane, according to a recent ...

The dark oval marks what scientists think is a lake of methane lying close to the southern pole (red cross) of Saturn’s moon Titan. The brightest features seen in this image, taken June 6, 2005 ...

Saturn’s moon Titan is one of the most intriguing bodies in our solar system. Its dense atmosphere and lakes of liquid methane make it both beautiful and bizarre, as well as a tantalizing target ...

New images captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft reveal a land of liquid methane and ethane lakes spotting the north pole of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in ...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has spied long-standing methane lakes, or puddles, in the “tropics” of Saturn’s moon Titan. One of the tropical lakes appears to be about half the … ...

Webb images reveal methane clouds appearing at different altitudes in Titan’s northern hemisphere. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Keck Observatory Saturn’s most metal moon just got more intriguing. On ...

Enormous lakes and seas filled with liquid methane on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan may have been crafted by the power of waves. Titan is Saturn's largest moon and the second-largest moon in ...