New research indicates that cellular "pockets" that are the first step toward protocells, the precursors of life, could form ...

NASA research has shown that cell-like compartments called vesicles could form naturally in the lakes of Saturn's moon Titan.

Some of these amphiphiles can form bilayers, trapping a droplet of liquid inside, even if the outside is also more of the ...

Several planets stand still in the sky, Titan’s shadow transits Saturn, and Venus gives Taurus a second eye in the sky this ...

Early birds can catch our satellite just 3° from two giant planets in Pisces: lovely ringed Saturn and far distant Neptune.

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, could harbor life in its hidden underground ocean – yet Titan's entire aquatic biosphere may ...

Conor Nixon, a planetary scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, says that finding vesicles on Titan would show an ...

Saturn’s moon Titan has always stood out among the celestial bodies in our solar system. It is the only moon with a thick, hazy atmosphere, and it's often compared to a primitive Earth.

The NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens mission explored Saturn and its moons from 2004 to 2017, providing the most detailed images and ...

Every 15 years, people on Earth can see the shadow (red box) of Saturn's largest moon Titan (green box) move across the ringed planet. This photo was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009. | ...

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, casts its shadow across the gas giant in a series of rare shadow transits. This unique celestial alignment, which occurs once every 15 years, offers a stunning visual ...