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Researchers have found that the thick and hazy atmosphere enveloping Saturn's largest moon, Titan, behaves in a very peculiar way.

Scientists Puzzled by Mysterious Motion in Atmosphere of Saturn’s Moon

By Victor Tangermann

The US Coast Guard has released the first public footage of the wreck of OceanGate's Titan submersible, which imploded in June of last year.

Ghostly Footage Shows Imploded Sub Resting in Freezing Darkness of Ocean Floor

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists suggest the sand dunes on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan may be the crumbling remains of colliding moons.

Titan Covered With Fragments of Obliterated Moons, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have been puzzling over "magic islands" on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan. Researchers now have an answer.

Scientists Attempt to Explain “Magic Islands” on Saturn’s Largest Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA was supposed to help OceanGate design key parts of the Titan submersible — but the agency really wants you to know that it didn't.

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Emails Show NASA’s Scramble to Distance Itself From Doomed Titan Sub

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has issued a grant for an autonomous aircraft concept dubbed TitanAir designed to skim over the liquid methane lakes of Saturn's icy moon Titan.

NASA Considers Surfing the Lakes of Saturn’s Moon With an Autonomous Airplane

By Victor Tangermann

Titan is Saturn's largest and most mysterious moon, and new observations from the James Webb may help understand how it formed its unique atmosphere.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Captures Its First Look At Saturn’s Most Mysterious Moon

By Frank Landymore

Experts now say that future space colonists are likely going to face food troubles — and that might just turn them into cannibals.

Space Colonists Will Likely Resort to Cannibalism, Scientist Says

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists have been able to replicate the atmosphere of one of the solar system’s most enigmatic moons right here on Earth.

Researchers Recreate Titan’s Atmosphere on Earth in Glass Vials

By Tony Ho Tran

Using the ALMA radio telescope in Chile, a team of NASA scientists spotted a highly unusual molecule in the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.

Science & Energy

NASA Scientists Spot “Really Unexpected” Molecule in Atmosphere of Saturn’s Largest Moon

By Victor Tangermann

A new study suggests that strange bright spots observed on Saturn's moon Titan in the early 2000s may be evidence of dried up ancient lakes and seas.

Science & Energy

Astronomers Say They Found “Dry Lake Beds” on Saturn’s Moon Titan

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just discovered that Saturn's moon Titan is creeping out into space 100 times faster than they previously thought it was.

Science & Energy

Saturn’s Moon Titan Is Drifting Off Into Space, NASA Says

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are suggesting that the methane-filled lakes on the surface of Saturn's largest moon Titan could have been formed by massive explosions.

Science & Energy

Huge Explosions May Have Formed Lakes on Saturn’s Moon Titan

By Victor Tangermann

A NASA Astrobiology Institute-funded project will be trying to find out if life could ever exist in Titan's ocean — and if it does, how to look for it.

Science & Energy

NASA Organizes Huge Effort to Study Alien Life in Titan’s Ocean

By Victor Tangermann

As part of project Dragonfly, NASA is planning to send a small spacecraft to Saturn's moon Titan, a moon with an extremely dense atmosphere.

Breaking: NASA Announces Mission to Saturn’s Largest Moon Titan

By Victor Tangermann

By analyzing data from Cassini spacecraft's last flyby in 2017, scientists found that Saturn's largest moon Titan has an entire lake district.

Saturn’s Moon Titan is Covered in Earth-Like Lakes

By Victor Tangermann