Titan - NASA Visions of the Future Cassiopeia

Titan - NASA Visions of the Future CassiopeiaTitan is a frigid and alien moon similar to our own planet billions of years ago. Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has a thick atmosphere with organic rich chemistry. Its surface is shaped by rivers and lakes of liquid ethane and methane. Cold winds sculpt vast regions of hydrocarbon rich dunes. There may even be cryovolcanoes of cold liquid water. NASA's Cassini orbiter was designed to see through the ever present haze of Titan to unravel the mysteries

But the discovery indicates that the double-sunset depicted in the movie is no longer science fiction

in the constellation of Ursa Major

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At seven-miles deep

This is a composite image of the spiral galaxy M101 combining views from the Spitzer Space Telescope

a floating city in the clouds may be only slightly less uncomfortable

Earth science missions monitor our home planet and how it is changing so it can continue to provide a safe haven as we reach deeper into the cosmos

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Hike through the largest canyon in our solar system

The visible light captured by Hubble shows off the swirls of bright stars and glowing gas that give the galaxy its nickname the Pinwheel Galaxy

Plants might be very different colors on planets around other stars

The magnificent detail revealed by Hubble shows a turbulent star factory set within a churning maelstrom of flowing