On January 14, 2005, the Huygens probe made history by landing on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and sending back stunning data that gave us our first detailed look at this mysterious world. Now, on ...

Huygens is now on its 14,000 mile-per-hour, 20-day cruise toward Titan. The probe will parachute onto Titan’s surface on Jan. 14 – the most distant touchdown any human-made object will have ...

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is one of the most intriguing and mysterious worlds in our solar system. With a dense, hazy ...

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The first color view of Titan’s surface, which was returned on Jan. 14, 2005, by the European Space Agency Huygens probe, following processing to add reflection spectra data.

The Huygens probe and Cassini orbiter have revealed staggering details of Saturn and Titan, with the latter expected to keep sending back data until its mission ends in 2017.

Before the Huygens mission, scientists had suggested that methane, or a more complex hydrocarbon called ethane, might form ponds or oceans on the surface of Titan. Artists drew fanciful pictures ...

As the Huygens Probe dove toward Titan's surface 15 years ago, it suddenly started spinning in the wrong direction. New wind tunnel tests finally reveal why.

Cassini-Huygens lifts off aboard a Titan IVB/Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, early on the morning of Oct. 15, 1997.

On Friday, the Cassini spacecraft’s Huygens probe is scheduled to descend into the atmosphere of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Data from Huygens may offer clues about how life began on earth.

When Huygens came to rest on the surface of Titan, DISR was pointing due south. Its images show stones and terrain in good agreement with the newly deduced western facing radio data.

Although no one expects life to exist at -180 degrees Celsius (-280 degrees Fahrenheit) on Titan, the moon promises to be a treasure trove for the study of organic chemistry outside of Earth. "Titan ...