Huygens’s second landing anniversary – the surprises continue

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This image of Titans surface was taken on 14 January 2005 by the Descent ImagerSpectral Radiometer (DISR) on board ESAs Huygens mission after touch-down. When printed on letter sized paper the image shows the size of Titans pebbles in their true size ...
This image of Titan’s surface was taken on 14 January 2005 by the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer (DISR) on board ESA’s Huygens mission, after touch-down. When printed on letter sized paper, the image shows the size of Titan’s pebbles in their true size. Credits: ESA/NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Two years ago, planetary scientists across the world watched as Europe and the US did something amazing. The Huygens descent module drifted down through the hazy atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan, beaming its data back to Earth via the Cassini mothership. Today, Huygens's data are still continuing to surprise researchers.


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