Saturn's Moon - Titan

Titan, one of the moons of Saturn has been in the news a lot over the last few days.

Discovered in 1655 by the Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens, Titan is the biggest of the 31 known moons orbiting Saturn. It is a cold world enclosed by a thick, hazy atmosphere impenetrable by telescopes and cameras.

The space probe named after Titan's discoverer has successfully landed on Titan.

• Read more about Titan.
  
• Listen to the sounds of Huygen's descent.
  
• During this mission, the Cassini spacecraft also discovered Two New Saturn Moons.
  
• Forum Post of the Day:
  
  Subject: Cassini orbit
  "Huygens reaches titan finally.Its like wed mud.Solid surface plus wet material.There is methane cloud as expected and at a spot there is methane deposit.Things akin we were thinking,confirms we were right.A real great achievement for europe."
  alokmohan
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