Titan update.On January 14, the Huygens probe The Huygens probe, supplied by the European Space Agency (ESA) and named after the Dutch 17th century astronomer Christiaan Huygens, is an atmospheric entry probe and lander carried to Saturn's moon Titan as part of the Cassini-Huygens mission. successfully landed on Titan--Saturn's largest moon (see SW 12/6/04). Among the data beamed to Earth: never-before-seen images of Titan's icy landscape. Scientists are now interpreting the data, hoping to gain a better understanding of Titan's geology geology, science of the earth's history, composition, and structure, and the associated processes. It draws upon chemistry, biology, physics, astronomy, and mathematics (notably statistics) for support of its formulations. , says NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. scientist Candice Hansen-Koharcheck. |
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