A plausible explanation for the absence of primordial argon, krypton, and xenon in Titan’s current atmosphere is that these gases were sequestered in clathrate hydrates during Titan’s “open-ocean” phase.
NASA’s Dragonfly, the first rotorcraft designed for science exploration on another planet, has passed its Critical Design Review. The mission to Saturn’s icy moon Titan will investigate prebiotic chemical processes […]
For scientists who want to learn about the geological history of a planet, river deltas are a great place to start. Deltas gather sediment from a large area into one […]
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is a strange, alien world. Covered in rivers and lakes of liquid methane, icy boulders and dunes of soot-like “sand,” its topography has long fascinated scientists […]
On 14 January 2005, at 13:34 CET (12:34 UTC), ESA’s Huygens probe entered the history books by descending to the surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.
Titan is the only icy satellite in the solar system with a dense atmosphere. This atmosphere is composed primarily of nitrogen with a few percent methane, which supports an active, […]
The bolometric radiation from a central body is potentially a powerful driver of atmospheric escape from planets or satellites.
We analyze simulation results from the TitanWRF global circulation model to understand the mechanisms that maintain the equatorial superrotation in Titan’s stratosphere.
Titan, Saturn’s largest satellite, maintains an atmosphere composed primarily of nitrogen (N2) and methane (CH4) that leads to a complex organic chemistry.
Have you dreamed of flying on another world? Have you imagined a desert world where the sand dunes are made of the building blocks of life, and it rains methane? […]
