What can a moon’s tidal friction teach us about its formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Science ...

Diagram depicting Titan's interior and how the moon's atmosphere is replenished. (Credit: Southwest Research Institute) This study comes as NASA is slated to launch the Dragonfly mission in 2028, ...

Scientists found Titan’s orbit is shifting faster than expected due to tidal dissipation. A recent cosmic event likely ...

The thickness of the methane clathrate crust, when viewed in the light of the topography of Titan, means that the Saturnian ...

Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is the only place other than ... "The methane clathrate crust warms Titan's interior and causes surprisingly rapid topographic relaxation, which results in crater ...

Titan is the second largest moon in our solar system and the only ... complex organic materials are heated up in Titan's rocky interior, releasing nitrogen as well as carbon gases like methane.

Titan - Saturn's moon with hydrocarbon lakes under a dense atmosphere First discovered in 1655 by the Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens, Titan is the largest of the 82 moons of Saturn we have ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Titan is the only known moon with an atmosphere, and the most Earth-like place we know of. It has rain, lakes, and oceans ...

Scientists are studying Saturn's moon Titan to assess its tidal dissipation rate, the energy lost as it orbits the ringed planet with its massive gravitational force. Understanding tidal dissipation ...

NASA's got a new mission on the horizon. Land an unmanned spacecraft on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. And explore the surface for evidence of potential alien life. The billion dollar mission will ...