16 March 2016
Fog looms large on Titan
... surface of Titan. Most of the data gathered on Titan’s fascinating atmospheric features have been possible due to the Huygens probe that descended through Titan’s atmosphere for 2.5 hours before landing on it’s surface over a decade ago...
18 November 2019
First global geological map of Titan unveiled
Saturn’s Moon Titan captured the imagination of enthusiasts everywhere when Cassini and the Huygens probe beamed back pictures of a world littered with mountains and lakes due to its active methane-based hydrologic ...
15 September 2017
A sad farewell as Cassini takes its final plunge...
1.4 billion kilometres away, a remarkable hunk of machinery whose sole purpose was to give us a greater understanding of Saturn and its moons, will end its mission by plummeting into the very object it was sent to study. Today, we say farewell to ...
June 2020
Titan’s evolving atmosphere
...7.5 years. Thanks to the Pioneer 11 and Voyager flybys, scientists already knew before the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe descended to its surface in January 2005 that Titan’s atmosphere is unique, with a structure similar to Earth’s, but more...
14 January 2019
New steam-powered asteroid hopper that could run 'forever'
... sun. Radioisotope Heater Units are used frequently by NASA and were critical components aboard probes such as Galileo, the Huygens probes and the two solar powered Mars Exploration Rovers, for keeping the crafts warm while...
