Titan is the gem of the Saturnian system, an icy world laden with organics and shrouded in
an auburn haze. Due in large part to the discoveries of the Cassini-Huygens mission to the …

NASA's Dragonfly mission will send a rotorcraft lander to the surface of Titan in the mid-
2030s. Dragonfly's science themes include investigation of Titan's prebiotic chemistry …

The entry of the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft into orbit around Saturn in July 2004 marked
the start of a golden era in the exploration of Titan, Saturn's giant moon. During the Prime …

The factors contributing to the initial selection of a dune site near the Selk impact structure
on Titan as the first landing site for the Dragonfly mission are described. These include …

Titan organic haze analogues, or “tholins,” produce biomolecules when hydrolyzed at low
temperature over long timescales. By using a combination of high-resolution mass …

Abstract Thanks to the Cassini–Huygens mission, Titan, the pale orange dot of Pioneer and
Voyager encounters, has been revealed to be a dynamic, hydrologically shaped, organic …

Over the past several decades, thousands of planets have been discovered outside our
Solar System. These planets exhibit enormous diversity, and their large numbers provide a …

Titan, the biggest moon of Saturn, has a thick atmosphere which presents similarities with
the one thought to be on Earth at its beginning. The study of Titan's photochemical haze is …

Acetylene, among the multitude of organic molecules discovered in space, plays a distinct
role in the genesis of organic matter. Characterized by its unique balance of stability and …

Earth's atmospheric composition at the time of the origin of life is not known, but it has often
been suggested that chemical transformation of reactive species in the atmosphere was a …