A single scenario could explain some of the odd features of Saturn's cosmic neighborhood. A project that set out to seek the ...

There's something very peculiar about the atmosphere surrounding Titan, Saturn's largest moon: rather than staying constantly fixed in line with its surface, the atmosphere wobbles across the course ...

How can seasons on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, influence its atmosphere? This is what a recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated ...

A massive upheaval in the Saturnian system could have also led to the moon Hyperion.

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is the only moon in the solar system with a dense atmosphere which is comprised of thick hazes of 95 percent nitrogen (N2) and 5 percent methane (NH4) that require radar ...

Cassini-Huygens supplied new evidence about why Titan has an atmosphere, making it unique among all solar system moons, a University of Arizona planetary scientist says. Scientists can infer from ...

As detailed in a new paper published in The Planetary Science Journal, a team of scientists analyzed 13 years’ worth of thermal infrared observations recorded by NASA and the European Space Agency’s ...

An international team of planetary scientists may have solved the mystery of why the atmosphere of Saturn’s moon, Titan, is rich in methane. Methane, which on Titan plays a role similar to water on ...

Cassini data reveal Titan's atmosphere wobbles like a gyroscope, drifting seasonally instead of spinning in sync with the moon's surface. By analysing data from the Cassini-Huygens mission, a joint ...

Saturn’s moon Titan has always stood out among the celestial bodies in our solar system. It is the only moon with a thick, hazy atmosphere, and it's often compared to a primitive Earth. But now, ...

Titan is also the only moon we know of with an atmosphere, and a new study aims to explain why it's so full of complex hydrocarbons. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a ...

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