The images were taken by the Huygens probe, which reached the surface of Titan on Friday morning after being launched from the Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn. Jean-Jacques Dordain ...

Despite its Earth-like rivers and lakes of liquid methane, Saturn’s moon Titan seems oddly lacking in river deltas — ...

Lunine and other Huygens team members are still poring over the 219 minutes' worth of Titan images, and expect to learn more from the Cassini orbiter, which dropped off the probe last December and ...

New research finds that despite large rivers and seas of liquid methane, Saturn’s moon Titan seems mostly devoid of river ...

Scientists have long known that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, hosts rivers and seas of liquid methane. But it's strangely ...

"The Huygens descent and landing represented ... However, the orbiter won't have many more chances to capture photos of Titan. Cassini is nearing the end of its mission at Saturn.

There had been a lot of speculation before we arrived that Titan might be covered by an ocean of liquid hydrocarbons. Huygens ... anyway. Cassini is well known for the tremendous images it returns.

While all the ingredients are there, the moon's composition likely prevents them from coming together in any meaningful way.

In December, the spacecraft skimmed by Saturn's outer rings, snapping some of the most detailed images we have ever seen. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from Science NASA's Cassini ...

Ride along on the outside of Huygens as it parachutes through Titan's atmosphere at nearly ... it turns out. And then Cassini used it to lock onto Huygens. You can do one critical piece of science ...

The photos the probe took revealed some astonishing ... But it’s the moons that have stolen the show for we know now that Enceladus and Titan are thought to have the right conditions for life.