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While all the ingredients are there, the moon's composition likely prevents them from coming together in any meaningful way.
On April 26, NASA's Cassini spacecraft shot between Saturn and its innermost ring, going where no human-made object has gone before. Cassini has already made some new discoveries thanks to its ...
Despite its uniquely rich inventory of organic molecules, Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may be able to support only a ...
So, if life exists on Titan, it might not resemble the thriving, teeming ecosystems we know. Instead, think of isolated oases ...
When the Voyager 1 spacecraft passed by Saturn, it took images that were used to discover the moon Atlas. The Cassini Mission ...
Chop Shop on Tuesday (April 8) began seeking fans of robotic satellites and interplanetary spacecraft to help them create a ...
Enceladus, another of Saturn’s moons, is much smaller but easier to study. During the Cassini mission, plumes of water vapor were seen spraying from Enceladus' surface, offering direct samples ...
ALIEN life could be hiding away on the vast ocean of a nearby moon. Scientists say there’s a chance that a “small population” ...
Saturn's rings tilt out of view every fourteen to seventeen Earth years. In 2032, they will be at their best again during their period of maximum tilt as seen from Earth.
That means, even if life does exist on Titan, it would be incredibly hard to find. The average number of microbes would be ...
Life-supporting energy and nutrients on Titan could come from its surface and core. Organic matter from Titan's atmosphere ...
The study sought to develop a realistic scenario of what life on Titan might look like if it does exist, where it is most ...