Posts Tagged ‘Titan’
Computer model explains Titan mystery
CALTECH (US) — A new computer model may explain the mysterious polar lakes, rainstorms, and clouds on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Continue…
Thursday, January 5, 2012 12:17 - 5 Comments
Science & Technology - Mar 18, 2011 11:33 - 2 Comments
Spring showers on Saturn’s big moon
U. ARIZONA / JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Scientists for the first time have detected rain soaking Titan’s surface at low latitudes. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 22, 2010 14:49 - 0 Comments
Changing lake depths on Saturn’s Titan
CALTECH (US)—For the first time, scientists have found compelling evidence of lake-level changes on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, that are very similar to the rise and fall of Earth lake levels. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 4, 2010 10:58 - 0 Comments
Early haze likely shaded Earth from UV
U. COLORADO (US)—A thick organic haze that enshrouded early Earth several billion years ago may have been similar to the haze now hovering above Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, and would have protected primordial life on the planet from the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiation. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 18, 2009 18:27 - 0 Comments
Fog found on Titan
CALTECH (US)—Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, looks to be the only place in the solar system—aside from our home planet, Earth—with copious quantities of liquid (largely, liquid methane and ethane) sitting on its surface. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 30, 2009 14:21 - 4 Comments
Saturn’s oblong orbit linked to Titan’s lakes
CALTECH (US)—The eccentricity of Saturn’s orbit around the sun may be responsible for the unusually uneven distribution of lakes over the northern and southern polar regions of the planet’s largest moon, Titan. (more…)
Uncategorized - Mar 6, 2009 12:27 - 0 Comments
Cassini maps weather on Saturn’s massive moon
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—The rippled sand dunes on Titan tell a story of wind and weather. After four years of data collection by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, scientists have mapped the dune fields on Saturn’s largest moon. The results could prove significant for planning future Titan explorations that might involve balloon-borne experiments.
