Titan’s lakes are actually ancient explosion craters

It is likely that when nitrogen trapped in the moon’s surface was heated into vapour form, it caused an explosion

Some of Saturn’s moons are glazed with the ice from the planet’s rings

This finding has come from the legendary data left behind by NASA’s historic Cassini spacecraft

Read on to find out why Saturn’s moon has such an odd shape

A year on from Cassini’s conclusion, its data is still being used to reveal a new radiation belt around the gas giant Saturn

The last flyby of Saturn’s moon, Titan, showed its northern lakes and seas made up of liquid methane and ethane

Researchers with NASA’s spacecraft have found evidence of a toxic hybrid ice in a wispy cloud high above the south pole of the large moon

This last gravitational interaction with Titan will send Cassini into Saturn’s upper atmosphere

As the spacecraft approaches its Grand Finale, it is now attempting its closest ever observations of Saturn

The hydrocarbon lakes and seas of Saturn’s moon might occasionally erupt with dramatic patches of bubbles

A vast expanse of liquid lies beneath the icy crust of the geologically active moon, according to the NASA spacecraft

NASA’s Cassini has found out something odd about the planet’s A ring

Check out these brand new shots of Saturn’s moon, Dione

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