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- Cassini to make final close approach of Titan this weekendThe flyby marks the mission’s final opportunity for up-close observations of the lakes and seas of liquid hydrocarbons that spread across the moon’s northern polar region, and the last chance to use its powerful radar to pierce the haze and make detailed images of the surface. Closest approach to Titan is planned for 06:08am UTC on 21 April.
- 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.
- ‘Dragonfly’ drones could explore Titan’s surfaceTitan has been the subject of much intense research for decades, as it is the only moon in the Solar System with an atmosphere. So in 2004, the Huygens probe detached from the Cassini spacecraft, plummeted through the moon’s thick, orange atmosphere and analysed the surface.
- 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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