NASA attempts to bring pieces of Saturn’s moon Titan, which could be home to life, back to Earth 

NASA has advanced researchers grant money to figure out how to get a mission to Saturn’s moon Titan and bring back any extraterrestrial life it discovers. The return journey of the probe, which aims to bring back ‘organic compounds’ for further study, would be fueled by the celestial satellite’s vast methane lakes.   The space agency recently … Read more

Saturn’s moon Enceladus has ‘churning’ ocean currents beneath its 12 miles of ice, experts say

Saturn’s moon Enceladus has ‘churning’ ocean currents buried beneath its 12 miles of ice, according to a new study.   It’s already known that Enceladus – one of Saturn’s 82 moons – hides water beneath its shiny, icy surface. But experts at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) think ocean currents are flowing on Enceladus a bit like those near … Read more

Saturn’s tilt was caused by its moons moving farther away with most of the pull coming from Titan

Saturn’s 27 degree tilt was caused by the gas giant’s moons moving farther away with most of the pull coming from Titan and the lean is set to DOUBLE in a few billion years, study reveals Saturn rotates a on a 27 degree tilt that causes strong seasonal variations  Scientists have now found that the planet’s … Read more

Saturn’s moon Titan is moving away from the planet 100 TIMES faster than previously believed  

After decades of studying Saturn’s moon Titan, scientists have found it is drifting 100 times faster away from the planet than previously believed –a total of four inches per year.  Titan currently sits 759,000 miles from the ringed planet, but the new data proposes it was much closer 4.5 billion years ago. This means the … Read more