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The Dragonfly quadcopter will soar through Titan’s hazy skies and roam its dune seas in search of evidence that the distant ...
In 2005, an alien probe flew through the hazy and cold atmosphere of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, and landed on the world's surface. That spacecraft -- named the Huygens probe -- was sent ...
Scientists have long known that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, hosts rivers and seas of liquid methane. But it's strangely ...
NASA’s groundbreaking Dragonfly mission is one step closer to its 2028 launch after successfully passing its Critical Design ...
Dragonfly, NASA's nuclear-powered rotorcraft-in-progress, has cleared a pivotal checkpoint, the agency announced Thursday.
"We conclude that Titan's uniquely rich organic inventory may not in fact be available to play the role in the moon's ...
Their results, published in The Planetary Science Journal, show that Titan could, in theory, support life, but only in tiny ...
Yes, just like our own moon, Titan orbits a planet ... able to take short flights in between landings. It will run on what's called a radioisotope thermoelectric generator, or RTG.
The Johns Hopkins APL-led team working on the first rotorcraft designed for scientific exploration on another ocean world has ...
This composite image shows an infrared view of Titan from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, acquired during a high-altitude fly-by, 6,200 miles above the moon, on Nov. 13, 2015.
Scientists have long known that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, hosts rivers and seas of liquid methane. But it's strangely lacking in river deltas, a new study suggests.
This artist's concept of a lake at the north pole of Saturn's moon Titan illustrates raised rims and rampart-like features as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech With ...