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Saturn's Moon Titan Has Soft Surface With Thin Crust, ESA's Huygens Probe Finds

Titan Surface

The surface of Saturn's huge moon Titan has the consistency of soft, wet sand with a fragile crust on top, a new analysis of a nearly eight-year-old space probe landing suggests.

 

Storms of Saturn's Moon Titan - A Model of the Early Earth?

Storms of Saturn's Moon Titan - A Model of the Early Earth?

NASA's Cassini spacecraft buzzed Titan last year, coming close enough to taste the Saturnian moon's atmosphere. The data acquired has implications for our understanding of life throughout the galaxy, as well as Earth's own past.

 

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