Titan Current Affairs, GK & News
Kraken Mare in Titan is 1000 feet deep
The researchers have recently found that the largest sea in Titan (moon of Saturn) is thousand feet deep in its centre. Also, it is the size of five great lakes combined together. About Kraken Mare Kraken Mare is huge liquid body located in the north pole of Titan. It is made of ethane and methane. ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: European Space Agency • Exploration of Saturn • Italian Space Agency • Kraken Mare • NASA • Saturn • saturn moon • Space exploration • Titan
Saturn Moon Titan: Drifting faster than before
The moon of Saturn, Titan is drifting away faster than before. This has been identified by the researchers in NASA and also scientists in Italian Space Agency. Highlights According to the data received from the Cassini Spacecraft of NASA, scientists believed that the Titan has been moving away from its host planet Saturn. However, the ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Cassini Huygens • Cassini spacecraft • European Space Agency • Moon • NASA • Saturn • saturn moon • Solar System • space • Titan
Study on Titan’s Energy Budget
A recent study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters drew parallels between the energy budgets of Earth and the Saturnian moon Titan. Energy budget is the differences between the quantum of solar energy received and emitted by a planetary system or satellite system. Titan is the largest moon of Saturn. It is also the ..
Topics: Astronomical objects • Atmosphere • Colonization of Titan • Outer planets • Outer space • Planetary science • Saturn • Space Science • Sun • Titan
NASA announces its New Frontiers program
NASA has recently announced its New Frontiers program, called Dragonfly mission, to explore Saturn’s largest moon – Titan. It’s the only moon in our solar system that has an atmosphere.The rotorcraft will fly to dozens of promising locations on Titan looking for pre-biotic chemical processes common on both Titan and Earth. The mission will launch ..
Topics: Dragonfly • Life on Titan • New Frontiers program • Oceanus • Planetary science • Planetary surface • Planets of the Solar System • Saturn • Spacecraft • Titan
NASA’s Dragonfly to look for Origins, Signs of Life in Titan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently announced its plan to launch Dragonfly drone helicopter to Saturn’s largest moon Titan in search of building blocks of life. About NASA’s Dragonfly Mission It is part of space agencies quest to search for building blocks of life and will aim towards collecting samples and examining sites around ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2019
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Dragonfly • NASA • Science and Technology • space • Titan