NASA`s probe reveals clues about Saturn moon`s hydrocarbon lakes and seas

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 11:34

NASA`s Cassini spacecraft is providing researchers with key clues about Saturn`s moon Titan, and in particular, its hydrocarbon lakes and seas.

New images reveal how lakes were formed on Saturn`s moon Titan

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 10:19

With the sun now shining over the north pole of Saturn`s moon Titan, NASA`s Cassini spacecraft has obtained new images of the liquid methane and ethane seas and lakes that reside near Titan`s north pole.

Change in Saturn`s moon Titan`s surface brightness points towards cryovolcanism

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 12:42

Researchers have said that changes in surface brightness on Saturn`s moon, Titan, observed over four years, has provided more evidence that cryovolcanism is active there.

Mystery behind Saturn`s water ice jets revealed

Last Updated: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 09:57

NASA`s Cassini spacecraft has found that the intensity of jets of water ice and organic particles that shoot out from Saturn`s moon Enceladus depends on the moon`s proximity to the ringed planet.

Saturn`s icy moon Dione had a watery past?

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 19:10

New images from NASA`s Cassini spacecraft show that the plain-looking Saturn moon Dione may have once had a geologically active subsurface ocean.

Cassini sees precursors to aerosol haze on Titan

Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2013, 19:48

Scientists analyzing data from NASA`s Cassini mission have confirmed the presence of a population of complex hydrocarbons in the upper atmosphere of Saturn`s largest moon, Titan.

First global topographic map of Titan created

Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 11:04

The first global topographic map of Saturn`s largest moon Titan has been created, giving researchers a valuable tool for learning more about one of the most Earth-like and interesting worlds in the solar system.

Ice cloud over Titan`s south pole indicate fall on Saturn`s moon

Last Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013, 12:37

NASA`s Cassini spacecraft has observed an ice cloud taking shape over Titan`s south pole, the latest sign that the change of seasons is setting off a cascade of radical changes in the atmosphere of Saturn`s largest moon.

Titan `half awake in chemical activity`

Last Updated: Thursday, April 4, 2013, 11:07

A lab experiment suggests that complex organic chemistry that could lead to the building blocks of life extends lower in the atmosphere.

Saturn`s moon Titan`s craters getting filled `slowly but steadily`

Last Updated: Friday, January 18, 2013, 12:31

While most of Saturn`s moons display their ancient faces pockmarked by thousands of craters, Titan-Saturn`s largest moon-may look much younger than it really is because its craters are getting erased, researchers say.