At a press conference held this morning at the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Paris headquarters, members of the Huygens spacecraft science team showed that Titan is just as alien — just as weird — as ...

The first analyses of data sent by the Huygens probe from Saturn's largest moon Titan are flooding in. They paint a picture of a ‘Peter Pan’ world — potentially like Earth, but with its development ...

On Dec. 25, 2004, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft dropped a lander named Huygens at Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Huygens was a European spacecraft that hitched a ride to the Saturn system with Cassini.

For in depth coverage of Huygens at Titan and the Cassini mission, including the first sounds from an alien moon, visit The Planetary Society’s website at http ...

Scientists are celebrating Wednesday's 10th anniversary of the Huygens probe's historic landing on Titan by recreating its descent to the Saturnian moon's surface in an eye-opening video. The video ...

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On August 14, 2005, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Huygens probe landed by parachute on the surface of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. To commemorate the eighth anniversary of this historic event, ...

A view of Huygens probable landing site on Titan (white circle) based on initial, best-guess estimates. ESA's Huygens probe landed on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, on Jan. 14, 2005. A view of Titan ...

NASA is helping commemorate the landing of the Huygens space probe on Saturn's moon Titan 10 years ago with the release of photos and a video celebrating the first landing on an outer solar system ...

Perhaps the most exciting part of the Cassini spacecraft's 12-and-a-half years orbiting Saturn was back in December 2004, when the mothership deposited the European Space Agency's Huygens probe.

2005-01-15 04:00:00 PDT Darmstadt, Germany-- A bold and perilous space adventure into a far-off unknown world achieved an extraordinary success Friday as Europe's Huygens probe descended to a safe ...

Using a global network of radio telescopes, scientists have measured the speed of the winds faced by Huygens during its descent through the atmosphere of Titan. This measurement could not be done from ...