Titan

Spooky Discovery on Mars Looks Just Like an Alien Doorway0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 20, 2022
The surface of Saturn’s moon Titan looks a bit like Earth and a new study finally explains why.

By David Aragorn
TITAN SAMPLE RETURN MISSION BEING EXPLORED BY NASA ENGINEERS 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 2, 2021
Funded by a $125,000 grant from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, engineers and scientists are exploring a possible future mission to return samples from Saturn’s large moon Titan.

By David Aragorn
Submarine could explore seas of huge Saturn moon Titan 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 29, 2020
The sub could be ready to launch in the 2030s, researchers said.

By David Aragorn
Flat spots on Saturn’s moon Titan may be the floors of ancient lake beds 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 16, 2020
New theory about the gas giant’s largest satellite may solve a 20-year-old mystery

By David Aragorn
Why is NASA Sending Dragonfly to Titan? Here are Five Reasons 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 4, 2020
Titan, with its methane seas and orange smog, is in some ways the most similar world to Earth that we have found.

By David Aragorn
‘Possibility of life’: scientists map Saturn’s exotic moon Titan 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 26, 2019
Scientists on Monday unveiled the first global geological map of Saturn’s moon Titan including vast plains and dunes of frozen organic material and lakes of liquid methane, illuminating an exotic world considered a strong candidate in the search for life beyond Earth.

By David Aragorn
Titan’s Small Methane-Filled Lakes are Explosion Craters: Study 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 18, 2019
Small methane-filled lakes on the surface of Titan were likely formed by explosive, pressurized nitrogen just under the hazy moon’s surface, according to a new analysis of radar data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.

By David Aragorn
NASA to send drone to Saturn’s moon for clues on human origins 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 2, 2019
NASA plans to send a drone named Dragonfly to Saturn’s biggest moon, Titan, the agency said Thursday, announcing the space agency’s latest high-profile mission to explore the solar system for clues on humanity’s origins. “Today I am proud to announce that our next New Frontiers mission, Dragonfly, will explore Saturn’s largest moon, Titan,” NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a video teleconference.

By David Aragorn
NASA announces ‘Dragonfly’ mission to Titan 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 28, 2019
A new $850 million drone-like lander will be venturing on to (and above) the surface of Saturn’s enigmatic moon.

By David Aragorn
‘Bathtub rings’ around Titan’s lakes might be made of alien crystals 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 26, 2019
The frigid lakeshores of Saturn’s moon Titan might be encrusted with strange, unearthly minerals, according to new research being presented here.

By David Aragorn