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Dragonfly Structure Takes Shape as Parachute and Chemistry Lab Tests Advance
Apr 26, 2026 (SPX)
The fuselage panels that form Dragonfly's body were recently delivered to APL, where engineers began assembling the structure in early April. Designed at APL an...
Titan may have formed in a giant impact between ancient Saturn moons
Feb 13, 2026 (SPX)
The study, led by SETI Institute scientist Matija Cuk, aims to reconcile several puzzles that emerged from the Cassini mission, including the youth of Saturns r...
Enceladus waves shape Saturn space weather
Feb 10, 2026 (SPX)
An international team led by researchers at the Laboratoire de Physique de Plasmas in France examined 13 years of Cassini observations to map how Enceladus inte...
Titan interior study points to thick slushy ice shell instead of global ocean
Dec 18, 2025 (SPX)
NASA's Cassini mission, launched in 1997 and operated for nearly 20 years, provided detailed gravity and radio-tracking data on Saturn and its 274 known moons, ...
Cassini study reveals organic compounds from Enceladus ocean plume
Nov 20, 2025 (SPX)
A recent study published in Nature Astronomy reports the presence of both familiar and new molecules in ice grains collected just 13 miles above Enceladus. The ...
Saturn's icy moon may host a stable ocean fit for life, study finds
Nov 08, 2025 (SPX)
A new study led by researchers from Oxford University, Southwest Research Institute and the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona has provided the firs...
Unexpected discovery on Saturn's moon challenges our view on chemistry before life emerged
Oct 17, 2025 (SPX)
Scientists have long been interested in Saturn's largest, orange-coloured moon as its evolution can teach us more about our own planet and the earliest chemical...
Cassini proves complex chemistry in Enceladus ocean
Oct 06, 2025 (ESA)
Published in Nature Astronomy, this discovery further strengthens the case for a dedicated European Space Agency (ESA) mission to orbit and land on Enceladus. I...
Saturn's hidden structures unveiled by James Webb Space Telescope
Sep 22, 2025 (SPX)
"This opportunity to use JWST was the first time we have ever been able to make such detailed near-infrared observations of Saturn's aurora and upper atmosphere...
NASA Dragonfly Mission Advances Through Crucial Development and Testing Stages
Sep 19, 2025 (SPX)
Dragonfly, a nuclear-powered, car-sized rotorcraft built at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), will journey to Saturn's moon Titan to conduct a thr...
Radiation may explain organic molecules in Enceladus plumes
Sep 11, 2025 (SPX)
Dr Grace Richards of the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziale (INAF) explained that while Cassini's detection of complex organics in Encela...
Titan atmosphere wobbles like a gyroscope revealing seasonal shifts
May 26, 2025 (SPX)
Through 13 years of thermal infrared measurements from the Cassini spacecraft, the team analyzed how Titan's dense, hazy atmosphere tilts and drifts with the ch...
Webb Observations Reveal Active Methane Cycle and Atmospheric Dynamics on Titan
May 15, 2025 (SPX)
Titan, the only known moon in the Solar System with a dense atmosphere and liquid bodies on its surface, features a weather system driven by methane rather than...
Scientists investigate absence of sediment deltas on Titan
Apr 23, 2025 (SPX)
Titan is the only body in the solar system besides Earth with stable surface liquids. Given this similarity, researchers expected to find river deltas where liq...
Tidal energy data aids SwRI scientists in unraveling Titan's composition and orbital shifts
Feb 18, 2025 (SPX)
"When most people think of tides, they picture ocean movements caused by the Moon passing overhead," explained Dr. Brynna Downey. "But tides affect solid surfac...
SwRI experiments validate theories about Titan's atmospheric sustainability
Jan 29, 2025 (SPX)
"While just 40% the diameter of the Earth, Titan has an atmosphere 1.5 times as dense as the Earth's, even with a lower gravity," said Dr. Kelly Miller of SwRI,...
NASA selects SpaceX for Dragonfly mission to Titan
Nov 26, 2024 (SPX)
Valued at approximately $256.6 million, the firm-fixed-price contract encompasses all launch services and mission-related costs. The mission is scheduled for li...
Saturn's moon Titan may have thick insulating methane ice crust up to six miles
Oct 28, 2024 (SPX)
Research associate Lauren Schurmeier, alongside doctoral candidate Gwendolyn Brouwer and researcher Sarah Fagents of the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Pla...
New analysis of Cassini data yields insights into Titan's seas
Jul 17, 2024 (SPX)
The key takeaway: Using data from several bistatic radar experiments, a Cornell University-led research team was able to separately analyze and estimate the com...
Titan's lakes may be shaped by waves
Jun 21, 2024 (SPX)
The existence of Titan's large seas and smaller lakes was confirmed in 2007, with images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Since then, scientists have pored o...
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