Scientists have discovered that the icy shell of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, could possess an insulated, six-mile-thick (9.7-kilometer-thick) layer of methane ice beneath its surface.

The tough icy shell of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is apparently far stronger than previously thought, and hides a bizarre interior, including a potential ocean, scientists say.

Just a few months after scientists presented tantalizing evidence of ice volcanoes reshaping the surface of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, a new study is throwing some cold water on the prospect.

Cassini’s view of lakes on the surface of Titan. (Image credit: Cassini Radar Mapper, JPL, USGS, ESA, NASA) One scenario, more popular before Huygens reached the surface, suggested that the moon ...

Approximately half Titan's nitrogen atmosphere, and all of the methane, could come from organics baking in the moon's warm interior, according to the statement. The new work was detailed Jan. 22 ...

Now, even if the moon had volatiles, it wouldn’t hold them as well as Titan does. It’s a lot warmer, because it’s 10 times closer to the sun. So any atmosphere it had, it would lose it faster.

What can a moon’s tidal friction teach us about its formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a team of researchers at the University of ...

Scientists have discovered that the icy shell of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, could possess an insulated, six-mile-thick (9.7-kilometer-thick) layer of methane ice beneath its surface. Ironically ...

Just a few months after scientists presented tantalizing evidence of ice volcanoes reshaping the surface of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, a new study is throwing some cold water on the prospect.

A 6-mile-thick shell of methane ice on Saturn's moon Titan could assist in the hunt for life signs arising from this moon's vast subsurface ocean.