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Methane storms might occur on Titan
Jul 27, 2006 |
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University of the Basque Country researchers in Spain say they believe methane storms are common on Saturn's moon Titan.
Giant Crater on Titan
Feb 17, 2005 |
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A giant impact crater the size of Iowa was spotted on Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during Tuesday's Titan flyby. Cassini flew within 1,577 kilometers (980 miles) of Titan's surface ...
Saturn Moons In Ghostly Specter
Mar 08, 2006 |
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Ghostly details make this dark scene more than just a beautiful grouping of two Saturn moons, with Tethys on the left and Titan on the right.
Saturn Moon Could Power 150 Billion Labor Day Barbecues
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Sep 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Since its discovery by Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens in 1655, Saturn's most massive moon, Titan, has been known as a place of mystery and intrigue. The large, cloud-enshrouded moon is ...
Cassini's new view of land of lakes and seas
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Oct 11, 2007 |
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The best views of the hydrocarbon lakes and seas on Saturn's moon Titan taken by the Cassini spacecraft are being released today.
The jet stream of Titan
Jan 24, 2007 |
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A pair of rare celestial alignments that occurred in November 2003 helped an international team of astronomers investigate the far-off world of Titan. In particular, the alignments helped validate the atmospheric ...
Titan's Volcanoes Give Cassini Chilly Reception
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Dec 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Data collected during several recent flybys of Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft have put another arrow in the quiver of scientists who think the Saturnian moon contains active cryovolcanoes ...
No oceans on Titan, say researchers
Aug 04, 2005 |
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There are no oceans on Saturn's moon Titan and flat areas of the satellite appear to be solid and dry, U.S. astronomers said.
Cassini Finds Hydrocarbon Rains May Fill Titan Lakes
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Jan 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A region on Saturn's moon Titan's southern latitudes appears to have been flooded by a summer cloudburst of hydrocarbon rain, as seen in images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken before ...
Scientists present new results from Huygens probe
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Jun 04, 2007 |
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Today, two and a half years after the historic landing of ESA’s Huygens probe on Titan, a new set of results on Saturn’s largest moon is ready to be presented. Titan, as seen through the eyes of Huygens still ...
Cassini Attempts 12th Titan Flyby
Feb 28, 2006 |
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft returns to Titan on Monday for its twelfth flyby since beginning to survey Saturn and its moons on July 4, 2004.
Scientists discover storms in the tropics of Titan
Aug 12, 2009 |
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For all its similarities to Earth -- clouds that pour rain (albeit liquid methane not liquid water) onto the surface producing lakes and rivers, vast dune fields in desert-like regions, plus a smoggy orange ...
Scientists unravel the chemistry of Titan's hazy atmosphere
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Sep 15, 2009 |
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A team of University of Hawai'i at Mānoa researchers led by Ralf Kaiser, physical chemist at UH Mānoa, unraveled the chemical evolution of the orange-brownish colored atmosphere of Saturn's moon ...
Scientists: Methane may be Titan's 'water'
Sep 12, 2005 |
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Scientists say methane might serve the same purpose on Saturn's moon Titan that water does on Earth, the BBC reported Monday.
Cassini instrument confirms liquid surface lake on Titan
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Jul 30, 2008 |
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Scientists have confirmed that at least one body in our solar system, other than Earth, has a surface liquid lake. Using an instrument on NASA's Cassini orbiter, they discovered that a lake-like feature in ...
