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Capturing the shadow of Saturn's moon Titan from right here on Earth

  • Written by David Coward, Associate professor, University of Western Australia
NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn's largest moon, Titan, passes in front of the planet and its rings.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Titan is Saturn’s largest moon, and it is more like a planet than a moon in many respects.

It has a thick atmosphere as well as wind, rivers, lakes made of hydrocarbons such as methane, and a...

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