Such a tiny biosphere would average less than one cell per liter of water over Titan’s entire vast ocean,” said co-lead author Antonin Affholder of a groundbreaking paper published in The Planetary ...

Scientists have known for a while that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has rivers and seas of liquid methane on its surface.

Such a tiny biosphere would average less than one cell per liter of water over Titan’s entire vast ocean,” said Antonin Affholder, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Arizona. The ...

"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." ...

NASA's eight-rotor Dragonfly drone just finished a crucial test, which confirmed the spacecraft's design and will allow the ...

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

It has a thick atmosphere, with an ocean estimated to be 300 ... When the researchers modeled Titan's environment, they found that even though the moon has plenty of organic material, only a ...

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is a fascinating world that is unique ... likely a water-ice crust floating atop a subsurface ocean of liquid water mixed with ammonia. A new paper reveals how ...

What potential signs of life could exist on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan? This is what NASA’s upcoming Dragonfly mission ...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech With rivers, lakes and even seas made of liquid methane and ethane, plus a hidden underground ocean of water, Saturn's moon Titan has long fascinated scientists as a place ...