Astronomy
- Cassini Finds Titan's Clouds Hang On To Summer
Cloud chasers studying Saturn's moon Titan say its clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering fashion. Their forecast for Titan's early autumn -- warm and wetter. Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission...
- Liquid Found In Saturn
The liquid found on Saturn's moon, Titan makes one of the most exciting and challenging discoveries of our century, since besides Earth, this is the second solar body with liquid on the surface in the system. The lake-like formations contain liquid...
- Triple Crescent Moons Of Saturn.
A single crescent moon is a familiar sight in Earth's sky, but with Saturn's many moons, we can see three or even more. The three moons shown here, Titan [5,150 kilometers across], Mimas [396 kilometers across] and Rhea [1,527 kilometers across]...
- Alien Life On Pluto May Exist
According to British physicist Brian Cox, Pluto may contain a subsurface ocean warm enough to host life. Cox believes the glaciers on Pluto's surface hints at the possibility of a subterranean sea warm enough to host organic chemistry....
- Nasa Wants To Send A Nuclear Submarine To Saturn's Moon Titan
NASA is planning to send a nuclear-powered submarine to explore one of the methane seas located on Saturn's moon Titan.The concept robot submarine is equipped with a seafloor camera and sampling system. The submarine could fit into a space plane...
Astronomy
Titan may have subsurface ocean of hydrocarbons
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may have a subterranean ocean of hydrocarbons and some topsy-turvy topography in which the summits of its mountains lie lower than its average surface elevation, according to new research.
Titan is also more squashed in its overall shape?like a rubber ball pressed down by a foot?than researchers had expected, said Howard Zebker, a Stanford geophysicist and electrical engineer involved in the work. The new findings may help explain the presence of large lakes of hydrocarbons at both of Titan's poles, which have been puzzling researchers since being discovered in 2007.
Titan is also more squashed in its overall shape?like a rubber ball pressed down by a foot?than researchers had expected, said Howard Zebker, a Stanford geophysicist and electrical engineer involved in the work. The new findings may help explain the presence of large lakes of hydrocarbons at both of Titan's poles, which have been puzzling researchers since being discovered in 2007.
- Cassini Finds Titan's Clouds Hang On To Summer
Cloud chasers studying Saturn's moon Titan say its clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering fashion. Their forecast for Titan's early autumn -- warm and wetter. Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission...
- Liquid Found In Saturn
The liquid found on Saturn's moon, Titan makes one of the most exciting and challenging discoveries of our century, since besides Earth, this is the second solar body with liquid on the surface in the system. The lake-like formations contain liquid...
- Triple Crescent Moons Of Saturn.
A single crescent moon is a familiar sight in Earth's sky, but with Saturn's many moons, we can see three or even more. The three moons shown here, Titan [5,150 kilometers across], Mimas [396 kilometers across] and Rhea [1,527 kilometers across]...
- Alien Life On Pluto May Exist
According to British physicist Brian Cox, Pluto may contain a subsurface ocean warm enough to host life. Cox believes the glaciers on Pluto's surface hints at the possibility of a subterranean sea warm enough to host organic chemistry....
- Nasa Wants To Send A Nuclear Submarine To Saturn's Moon Titan
NASA is planning to send a nuclear-powered submarine to explore one of the methane seas located on Saturn's moon Titan.The concept robot submarine is equipped with a seafloor camera and sampling system. The submarine could fit into a space plane...