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     • Titan is the only object in the solar system besides Earth with liquid on its surface, making it relevant for the search for life beyond Earth.
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   Is Titan bigger than Earth?

   • Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is an icy world whose surface is completely obscured by a golden hazy atmosphere. Titan is the second largest moon in our solar system. Only Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is larger, by just 2 percent. Titan is bigger than Earth’s moon, and larger than even the planet Mercury.

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   What's special about Titan?

   • "What I think is really special about Titan is that it has liquid methane and ethane lakes and seas, making it the only other world in the solar system that has stable liquids on its surfaces," Jason Hofgartner, a planetary scientist at Cornell University, told Space.com in 2014.

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   Does Titan have water?

   • And of all the places in the solar system, Titan is the only place besides Earth known to have liquids in the form of rivers, lakes and seas on its surface. Titan is larger than the planet Mercury and is the second largest moon in our solar system. Jupiter's moon Ganymede is just a little bit larger (by about 2 percent).

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   Why is Titan considered the largest moon in the Solar System?

   • Because the atmosphere is so high, Titan was thought to be the largest moon in the solar system for a long time. It wasn't until 1980 that Voyager was close enough to discover it was actually smaller than Ganymede. Titan's atmosphere is active and complex, and it is mainly composed of nitrogen (95 percent) and methane (5 percent).

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   Is Titan a moon or a planet?

   • Though it’s merely a moon tethered by gravity to its cosmic ruler, Saturn, Titan has all the trappings of a planet, including clouds, rain, lakes and rivers, and even a subsurface ocean of salty water. Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan in 1655, calling it simply “Luna Saturni,” or Saturn’s moon.

   Why is NASA Sending Dragonfly to Titan? Here are Five Reasons

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   Was Titan a mystery?

   • A false color, infrared view of Saturn's largest moon Titan, captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/University of Idaho At the dawn of the new millennium, Titan was a mystery to the scientific community.

   How Scientists Are Searching for Life on Titan - NASA Astrobiology

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3. science.nasa.gov › saturn › moonsTitan: Facts - Science@NASA

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   Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is an icy world whose surface is completely obscured by a golden hazy atmosphere. Titan is the second largest moon in our solar system. Only Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is larger, by just 2 percent. Titan is bigger than Earth’s moon, and larger than even the planet Mercury. This mammoth moon is […]

4. www.nasa.gov › image-article › observing-titan-signsObserving Titan for Signs of Life - NASA

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   Jan 10, 2020 · NASA’s next destination in the solar system is the unique, richly organic world Titan. Advancing our search for the building blocks of life, the Dragonfly mission will fly multiple sorties to sample and examine sites around Saturn’s icy moon.

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   Jul 15, 2019 · In-depth exploration of Titan, made possible through the work of teams like Dr. Thelen’s and the selection of the Dragonfly mission, is a venture that stands to revolutionize our current understanding of life in the Universe.

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7. science.nasa.gov › solar-system › planetsWhy is NASA Sending Dragonfly to Titan? Here are Five Reasons

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   Feb 25, 2020 · NASA is preparing to send the drone-like Dragonfly to the intriguing moon, Titan. Here are five reasons Saturn's largest moons is so enticing.

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   Mar 27, 2018 · The Titans were elder gods who ruled the universe before the Olympians came to power, according to the Theoi Project website. The moon was discovered by Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens in...

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9. science.nasa.gov › saturn › moonsTitan - NASA Science

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   Saturn’s largest moon Titan is an extraordinary and exceptional world. Among our solar system’s hundreds of known moons, Titan is the only one with a substantial atmosphere. And of all the places in the solar system, Titan is the only place besides Earth known to have liquids in the form of rivers, lakes and seas […]

10. solarsystem.nasa.gov › moons › saturn-moonsIn Depth | Titan – NASA Solar System Exploration

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    Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is an icy world whose surface is completely obscured by a golden hazy atmosphere. Titan is the second largest moon in our solar system. Only Jupiter's moon Ganymede is larger, by just 2 percent. Titan is bigger than Earth's moon, and larger than even the planet Mercury.