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Bookmark or Share- NASA plans mission to sail the seas of TitanTitan, first discovered by Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens on 25 March 1655 using a homemade telescope, is the largest moon of Saturn and is thought to be one of the few places in the Solar System other than Earth where life has a potential to survive in some shape or form.
- Video: Brian Cox’s favourite wonder of the Solar SystemTags: Brian Cox, Methane Lakes, Moon, Saturn, Titan All About Space is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site .
- Building blocks of life found on Saturn’s moon TitanSaturn’s frigid moon Titan has a curious atmosphere. In addition to a hazy mixture of nitrogen and hydrocarbons, like methane and ethane, Titan’s atmosphere also contains an array of more complex organic molecules, including vinyl cyanide, which astronomers recently uncovered in archival ALMA data.
- Top 5 awe-inspiring space images of 2015 - All About Space5. Rare triple-moon conjunction captured by Hubble. Firing off a string of snapshots like a sports photographer at a NASCAR race, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a rare look at three of Jupiter’s largest moons – Europa, Callisto and Io – parading across the banded face of the gas giant back in January. 4. Cassini’s shot of Titan
- What would be involved in landing people on Titan? - All About SpaceAlthough Titan is often described as having an atmosphere similar to Earth, sending people there is still an enormous technical challenge. There are three major factors that contribute to the difficulty associated with visiting Titan: while the moon has an atmosphere and potentially a weather cycle it is a cool -179 degrees Celsius (-290 ...
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