Magnetic Dance of Titan and Saturn To Be Main Attraction during Flyby

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it flies by Saturn's largest moon, Titan, this weekend, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will study the interactions between the magnetic field of Saturn and Titan. The flyby will take place ...

Scientist finds alternate explanation for dune formation on Titan

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 25, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 0

A new and likely controversial paper has just been published online in Nature Geoscience by LSU Department of Geography and Anthropology Chair Patrick Hesp and United States Geological Survey scientist David ...

Cassini Finds Titan's Clouds Hang on to Summer

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Jun 03, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cloud chasers studying Saturn's moon Titan say its clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering fashion.

Cassini Maps Global Pattern of Titan's Dunes

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Feb 27, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (8) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Titan's vast dune fields, which may act like weather vanes to determine general wind direction on Saturn's biggest moon, have been mapped by scientists who compiled four years of radar data ...

Global view of valleys on Titan shows north south contrast

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 16, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (10) | 0

A team of international scientists led by Mirjam Langhans, from the German Aerospace Center (DLR), will present first results of a global analysis of spatial patterns, occurrence and origin of river channels ...

Subterranean oceans on Saturn's moon Titan

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 06, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (15) | 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may have a subterranean ocean of hydrocarbons and some topsy-turvy topography in which the summits of its mountains lie lower than its average surface elevation, ...

Titan's lakes could be explored by boat

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 22, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (10) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- If a suggestion to be made to NASA comes to fruition, vast lakes thought to be filled with liquid hydrocarbons near the north pole of Saturn's moon Titan, may one day be explored by boat.

Titan's surface organics surpass oil reserves on Earth

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Feb 13, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (85) | 13

Saturn’s orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, according to new Cassini data. The hydrocarbons rain from the sky, collecting ...

Ocean May Exist Beneath Titan's Crust

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 20, 2008 | 4.8 / 5 (24) | 1

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon Titan. The findings made using radar measurements of Titan's rotation ...

Spectacular Photo-op on Saturn

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Feb 19, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (7) | 0

Something is about to happen on Saturn that's so pretty, even Hubble will pause to take a look.

Cassini Provides Virtual Flyover of Saturn's Moon Titan

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Mar 24, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (6) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Fly me to the moon"-to Saturn's moon Titan, that is. New Titan movies and images are providing a bird's-eye view of the moon's Earth-like landscapes.

Four of Saturn's moons parade by their parent

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 17, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

On 24 February 2009, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured a photo sequence of four moons of Saturn passing in front of their parent planet. The moons, from far left to right, are the white icy moons ...

McMaster University unveils world's most advanced microscope

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

Oct 20, 2008 | 4.1 / 5 (17) | 1

The most advanced and powerful electron microscope on the planet—capable of unprecedented resolution—has been installed in the new Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster University.

Cassini Images Seas on Saturn's Moon Titan

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Mar 13, 2007 | 4.4 / 5 (34) | 0

Instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft have found evidence for seas, likely filled with liquid methane or ethane, in the high northern latitudes of Saturn's moon Titan. One such feature is larger than any ...

Hold your nose and head for the hills: Titania is opening

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Aug 07, 2007 | 4.7 / 5 (9) | 0

Get a whiff of this: Titania, UC Botanical Garden's corpse flower, is being pollinated today. The plant's skirt of petals now measures 44" in diameter. Visitors to the garden's Tropical House will be treated ...