When ESA’s Huygens probe plunges into the atmosphere of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, on 14 January 2005, telescopes on Earth will be watching the remote world. Observations of Titan from Earth will ...

University of Arizona scientists, working on one of the most stunning robotic space missions ever attempted, head for Germany next week. Their experiments ride on the Huygens probe to Saturn’s giant ...

This composite was produced from images returned yesterday, 14 January 2005, by ESA’s Huygens probe during its successful descent to land on Titan. It shows a full 360-degree view around Huygens. The ...

The European Space Agency has finally discovered what went wrong during the descent of the Huygens probe it sent to Saturn's moon Titan as part of the Cassini-Huygens mission launched in 1997. Both ...

ESA engineers have determined why the space agency's Huygens probe suddenly began spinning the wrong way 15 years ago as it descended to the surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The first ...

As Huygens parachuted to the surface of Titan in January 2005, a battery of telescopes around the world were watching or listening. The results of those observations are now being collected together ...

The European Huygens spacecraft landed in mud when it hit the surface of Titan, a scientist said Tuesday. The latest pictures underline beliefs that the Huygens probe landed near a large body of ...

Two compelling videos compiled with imagery and other data from the descent to Titan by the European Space Agency Huygens lander give the viewer a sense of what it would have been like to ride on the ...

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 ...

[Christiaan Huygens] was a pretty decent mathematician and scientist by the standards of the 17th century. However, the telescopes he built were considered to be relatively poor in quality for the ...

University of Arizona scientists, working on one of the most stunning robotic space missions ever attempted, head for Germany next week. Their experiments ride on the Huygens probe to Saturn's giant ...