Huygens discovered Titan using a telescope he designed himself. While looking at Saturn's rings, he noticed a bright and tiny dot nearby. He suspected it was a moon, but just to be sure, he kept ...

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

"We conclude that Titan's uniquely rich organic inventory may not in fact be available to play the role in the moon's habitability to the extent one might intuitively think." ...

And when Huygens probe finally landed on Titan in January 2005, nearly 350 years after he had discovered the moon, it continued to do what Huygens had started – provide further insights into ...

The Huygens project—named for Christiaan Huygens, the Dutch astronomer who in 1655 discovered Titan—is something of a pioneer back on Earth too. It is Europe’s farthest stab by far into the universe.

The study sought to develop a realistic scenario of what life on Titan might look like if it does exist, where it is most ...

In 2005, an alien probe flew through the hazy and cold atmosphere of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, and landed on the world's surface. That spacecraft -- named the Huygens probe -- was sent ...

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. On 15 September, we say farewell to this game-changing ...

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