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Titan’s Fluvial and Lacustrine Landscapes

In this chapter we begin with a review of Titan’s fluvial and lacustrine landscapes as observed with Cassini remote sensing data, and what the many discoveries have revealed about Titan’s […]

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Laboratory Studies On The Influence of Hydrogen on Titan-like Photochemistry

Laboratory investigations of photochemical reactions in simulated Titan-like atmospheric systems provide insight into the formation of gas and aerosol products and the influence of different environmental parameters on the types […]

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Experimental Heating of Complex Organic Matter at Titan’s Interior Conditions Supports Contributions to Atmospheric N2 and CH4

Titan’s abundant atmospheric N2 and CH4 gases are notable characteristics of the moon that may help constrain its origins and evolution. Previous work suggests that atmospheric CH4 is lost on […]

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Launch Services Contract Awarded For Dragonfly Astrobiology Mission

NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the Dragonfly mission, a rotorcraft lander mission under NASA’s New Frontiers Program, designed to explore Saturn’s moon Titan. The mission will […]

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Titan Has An Insulating Methane-rich Crust Up To Six Miles Thick

Saturn’s largest moon Titan is the only place other than Earth known to have an atmosphere and liquids in the form of rivers, lakes and seas on its surface. Because […]

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Sulfur in the Giant Planets, their Moons, and Extrasolar Gas Giant Planets

We review sulfur chemistry of the gas giant planets and their moons where sulfur compounds are observed. The major S-bearing gas in the upper atmospheres of the giant planets is […]

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