From the January 2014 issue

Learn about another Saturn moon

Astronomers have dropped a probe into Titan’s atmosphere and imaged its surface to uncover an unexpected world.
By | Published: January 27, 2014 | Last updated on May 18, 2023

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

Titan and Saturn
The colorful globe of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, passes in front of the planet and its rings in this true color snapshot from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
In the March issue of Astronomy, author Michael Carroll introduced Saturn’s moon Phoebe and why it’s an oddball satellite. In a recent issue of the magazine, Carroll described another — and more explored — moon of the ringed planet: Titan. In “Titan: What we’ve learned about a strange new world,” he provides a tour of the varied surface and atmospheric features that scientists have found on Saturn’s surprisingly Earth-like satellite.
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