Titan planet

In this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, you can see beneath the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan to its surface features.

Titan is the Saturn’s largest moon and is the second largest moon in our solar system. If it were not orbiting Saturn, Titan could be considered a

July 19, 2018 at 8:53 am Robert Zimmerman | The Cassini science team today released global infrared mosaics of Titan, created from images accumulated during the more than 100 fly-bys of the moon during the spacecraft’s thirteen years in orbit around Saturn.

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Size comparison of solar system planet Saturn with its largest moon Titan.

Tropical lakes of methane recently discovered on the surface of Titan hint at subsurface oases, which could produce compounds analogous to proteins and information-carrying molecules.

Natural-color image of Saturn and its largest moon Titan made from calibrated raw images captured by Cassini on May 6, 2012. Color and contrast boosted.

As Cassini’s titanic mission comes to an end, we need to start thinking ahead. A combined mission to explore Saturn’s moons Titan and Enceladus would be a good place to start.