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We are going to explore Titan , a moon of Saturn, by hot air balloon . "Titan is the best place to go with a balloon because of the atmosphere," says Coustenis. Although the atmosphere of Titan is filled with a smoggy orange hydrocarbon haze, it is primarily composed of nitrogen – just like Earth's. In fact, Astrobiologists think Titan's atmosphere may be quite similar to how the Earth's was billions...
( Hat Tip: Centauri Dreams , Image Credit: NASA ) To say one could easily explore the surface of Titan without descending below the clouds would be as silly as trying to fathom Earth's oceanic depths without using machines to probe the deep. If Titan is destined to be a future home for humanity, then we are going to have to find a way to accurately explore its surface. Since exploring its surface via...
Athena Coustenis, an astrophysicist and planetologist with the Paris Observatory, is helping draft a plan to send a hot air balloon to Titan, as well as an orbiting spacecraft and a surface probe.
We long ago declared Saturn's moon Titan the one of the awesomest moons in the solar system (though this assertion was controversial). Granted, it’s freezing cold, but its Earth-like features have... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
GRANADA, Spain, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Spanish physicists say they have discovered unequivocal evidence of electrical activity in the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Physicists at the University of Granada and the University of Valencia say their analysis of data from the Huygens space probe proves in an unequivocal way the existence of natural electric activity in Titan's atmosphere. Huygens,...
A recent flyby of the Cassini spacecraft has shown that Saturn’s moon Titan is temporarily magnetised by encounters with its host planet. According to a report in New Scientist, the new find could help researchers understand the ultimate fate of Titan’s atmosphere. It may also help reveal whether Titan hides a salty ocean beneath its [...]
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Adam Korbitz writes “Astrobiology Magazine reports on new research indicating extremophile microbes may be able to live on Titan, the sixth and largest moon of Saturn — in spite of the fact that the moon is largely ice and covered with lakes of liquid methane. Titan joins Mars, Venus, Europa and Enceladus as a potential [...]
The University of Arizona (the folks running the Mars Phoenix Lander) believes liquid water on Titan persists for thousands of years — plenty of time for organic reactions to take place, similar to early Earth. Noted in Doomwatch Legacy by Sunstroke author David Kagan.
I've always been a fan of Sunstroke author David Kagan and Arthur C. Clarke. Both predicted Life on Titan and of course the wonder of satellites. Great...
NASA scientists said they had found liquid on Saturn's moon Titan, only the second body in the solar system after Earth to have fluid on its surface. The groundbreaking discovery was made after analysis of instruments on the US-European Cassini probe, the spacecraft that has been orbiting Saturn since 2004 following a 3.5 billion-kilometre voyage.
Obama and McCain’s blogs are really both about Obama, via PoliticalWire. On the drill-now Twitter frenzy, plus more from TechRepublican and updates here and here. C.f. #dontgo: A Turning Point for the Right. NASA confirms liquid (hydrocarbon) lake on Saturn’s moon Titan. I’m going to guess that this counts as beyond the Outer Continental Shelf. Media: Tweets, Blogs [...]
Researchers report in Nature today that they identified a dark liquid lake, surrounded by a lighter shoreline and a “beach,” on the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan. The foot-shaped lake is the first verified extraterrestrial body of liquid, and is likely filled with hydrocarbons, simple compounds also common on Earth. “This is the first definitive evidence [...]
Pack your swimsuit if you're going to Saturn's moon anytime soon. Reports from NASA scientists have concluded that at least one of the large lakes observed on Saturn's moon Titan contains liquid...
NASA is reporting that one of the lakelike features on Saturn's moon Titan contains liquid hydrocarbons, making Saturn the only planet in the solar system besides Earth to have known liquid on its surface.
SOUTH PASADENA — At least one of many large, lake-like features on Saturn’s moon Titan studied by the international Cassini spacecraft contains liquid hydrocarbons, making it the only body in the solar system besides Earth known to have liquid on its surface, NASA said Wednesday. Scientists positively identified the presence of ethane, according to a statement from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
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David Kagan, Arthur C, Clarke Champions
I've always been a fan of Sunstroke author David Kagan and Arthur C. Clarke. Both predicted Life on Titan and of course the wonder of satellites. Great...
Martin Landers - (not a member) - 10/10/2008