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| Titan Triple Threat |
| Topic: Titan |
11/06/08 |
| The Cassini-Huygens mission has given us our best view yet of Titan, but this moon of Saturn still remains shrouded in mystery. A proposed future mission takes a three-tiered approach – using an orbiting spacecraft, a surface probe, and a hot air balloon -- to further explore the enigmatic moon. |
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| The Stuff of Life on Titan |
| Topic: Titan |
08/14/08 |
| Reactions between organic compounds in Titan’s atmosphere and water on the surface may create complex molecules similar to those on the early Earth. |
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| Earth's Hazy Past |
| Topic: Titan |
02/19/07 |
| Recent experiments suggest that early Earth may have been covered by a haze similar to Titan. |
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| Saturn's Methane Moon |
| Topic: Titan |
09/01/06 |
| Scientists knew Saturn's giant moon Titan would be interesting, perhaps containing organic compounds that are the building blocks of life. But the discovery of methane lakes and a "methanosphere" raises a question: is a frozen moon orbiting a giant gas planet Earth's closest analog in the solar system? |
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| Titan: Passport to the Early Earth? |
| Topic: Titan |
12/01/05 |
| If there is life on Saturn’s moon Titan, it's not producing all that methane in the atmosphere. That is one conclusion in a series of Cassini/Huygens mission reports published online this week by the journal Nature. |
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| Titan and the Lakefront? |
| Topic: Titan |
06/28/05 |
| At a high southern latitude on Saturn's moon, Titan, a dark outline suggests what a terrestrial observer would consider the shorelines of a lake. Cassini Imaging Team Leader, Carolyn Porco, describes the excitement and surprise of their latest titanic discoveries. |
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| Titan's Icy Volcanoes Erupting Methane? |
| Topic: Titan |
06/08/05 |
| Saturn's moon Titan is shrouded in a thick smoggy atmosphere. Methane gas breaks down to form the organic smog particles, but it's a mystery where all that methane is coming from. According to a new report in the journal Nature, icy volcanoes on Titan may be a source. |
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| Titan's Face Lifted |
| Topic: Titan |
05/25/05 |
| How old is Titan's surface? For years, Saturn's moon Titan was thought to have mastered the cosmetic surgery of the cosmos, with barely a mark or wrinkle to betray its true age. Close-up views provided by Cassini instruments show that Titan is nearly as flawless as it seems from a distance. |
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| Titan Rising, Part II |
| Topic: Titan |
02/22/05 |
| Just over a month ago, the European Space Agency's Huygens probe descended through the atmosphere of Saturn's giant moon Titan. The probe sent back stunning close-up images of a world never before seen is such detail. |
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