What can a moon’s tidal friction teach us about its formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Science ...

Scientists found Titan’s orbit is shifting faster than expected due to tidal dissipation. A recent cosmic event likely ...

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn ... evidence of surface water. The sci-fi jungles of Venus pictured in pulp ...

Scientists are studying Saturn's moon Titan to assess its tidal dissipation rate, the energy lost as it orbits the ringed planet with its massive gravitational force. Understanding tidal dissipation ...

Why it's so special: This picture was taken by the European Space Agency's Huygens probe during its historic parachute descent onto Titan's ... above Saturn's largest moon. The probe's descent ...

25, 2024 — A new study has revealed that methane gas may be trapped within the icy surface of Saturn's moon ... Titan, the largest of Saturn's 146 known ... Dec. 9, 2024 — A NASA Hubble Space ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Titan is the only known moon with an atmosphere, and the most Earth-like place we know of. It has rain, lakes, and oceans ...

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, might have a more violent past than astronomers realized. A new study suggests that the liquid methane lakes that dot Titan's surface may have formed when pockets of ...

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn ... evidence of surface water. The sci-fi jungles of Venus pictured in pulp ...

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn ... evidence of surface water. The sci-fi jungles of Venus pictured in pulp ...