All Articles Tagged As: titan

Spanish scientists confirm the existence of electric activity in Titan, the largest moon of Saturn (10/25/2008)

The scientific community considers that there is a higher probability that organic molecules precursors to life could form in those planets or satellites which have an atmosphere with electric storms. ...> Full Article

Cassini Instrument Confirms Liquid Surface Lake on Titan (8/3/2008)

Camera shows large hydrocarbon lake is truly wet ...> Full Article

Ocean may exist beneath Titan's crust (3/27/2008)

Cassini has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon Titan. The findings were made using radar measurements of Titan's rotation. ...> Full Article

Titan's surface organics surpass oil reserves on Earth (2/14/2008)

Saturn's orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, according to new Cassini data. The hydrocarbons rain from the sky, collecting in vast deposits that form lakes and dunes. ...> Full Article

Scientist leads discovery of mountains on Saturn's largest moon (12/25/2007)

By analyzing images from NASA's Cassini Radar instrument, a Brigham Young University professor helped discover and analyze mountains on Saturn's largest moon, additional evidence that it has some of the most earthlike processes of any celestial body in the solar system. ...> Full Article

Organic 'building blocks' discovered in Titan's atmosphere (12/1/2007)

Scientists analysing data gathered by the Cassini spacecraft have confirmed the presence of heavy negative ions in the upper regions of Titan's atmosphere. These particles may act as organic building blocks for even more complicated molecules and their discovery was completely unexpected because of the chemical composition of the atmosphere (which lacks oxygen and mainly consists of nitrogen and methane). The observation has now been verified on 16 different encounters and findings will be published in Geophysical Research Letters on November 28. ...> Full Article

Drizzly Mornings On Xanadu -- Saturn's Moon Titan (10/15/2007)

Noted for its bizarre hydrocarbon lakes and frozen methane clouds, Saturn's largest moon, Titan, also appears to have widespread drizzles of methane, according to a team of astronomers at the University of California, Berkeley. ...> Full Article

Cassini's new view of land of lakes and seas (10/12/2007)

The best views of the hydrocarbon lakes and seas on Saturn's moon Titan taken by the Cassini spacecraft are being released today. ...> Full Article

Handling Turbulence On Titan And Earth (8/30/2007)

Ever spilled your drink on an airline due to turbulence? Researchers on both sides of the Atlantic are finding new ways to understand the phenomenon - both on Earth and on Titan. ...> Full Article

Will Titan Lose Its Veil? (8/29/2007)

The question of whether Titan can retain its thick, organic atmosphere for the rest of its lifetime could hinge on how efficiently methane molecules were packed inside water "crates" during a period of the moon's formation. ...> Full Article