Sentences with phrase «giant moon»

Many gas giant moons have similar features to the terrestrial planets and dwarf planets, and some have been studied for signs of life.

At another extreme, Saturn's giant moon Titan seems more like a planet in its own right, larger than Mercury and cloaked in a dense atmosphere.

Hang this illuminated, giant moon on the wall and explore the authentically detailed 3 - D lunar landscape that automatically shows the 12 main phases of the moon.

Impacts have been shown to produce giant moons in our solar system, including our own.

But the mountains on Saturn's giant moon Titan seem to have resulted from a different process altogether.

The old Soviet Union had a giant moon rocket bigger than the Falcon Heavy, but it failed in all four launch attempts.

On Saturn's giant moon Titan, the seasons should now be turning, but summer in its southern hemisphere is defying predictions by refusing to end.

a) drifting in an interstellar gas cloud thousands of light years from Earth b) as a frozen lake on the surface of Saturn's giant moon, Titan c) in sediments beneath the protected Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio d) slowly fermenting beneath ice in the peat bogs of Siberia

The Motive: Since the early 1980s, astronomers have postulated that a vast, sloshing sea of liquid ethane half a mile deep may cover the surface of Saturn's giant moon, Titan.

If these giant moons around giant planets exist, they might already be present in the available data of NASA's Kepler space telescope, or they could be detectable with the European Space Agency's upcoming PLATO space mission and European Southern Observatory's ground - based European Extremely Large Telescope.

On the right is Io, one of Jupiter's four giant moons.

Right now all eyes are on Saturn's giant moon, Titan, but the ringed planet has been putting on a show of its own: massive thunderstorms, equatorial gales, and rippling clouds.

Data from NASA's now - defunct Galileo spacecraft suggest that three of Jupiter's giant moons — Callisto, Ganymede, and especially Europa — could support life tens or hundreds of miles under their surfaces.

And planetary probes have uncovered organic molecules in the atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, and Saturn's giant moon Titan, as well as amino acids in meteorites.

The giant moon has intrigued scientists for decades.

S: I'd like to spend a week exploring Neptune's giant moon, Triton.

After a seven - year journey, the Cassini - Huygens spacecraft is preparing to unveil the mysteries of Saturn, its rings and its giant moon, Titan

With its thick atmosphere, rippling lakes, and eroded landscapes, Saturn's giant moon Titan has a lot in common with Earth.

The Titan Mare Explorer, or TiME, is a 500 - pound robot that would take to the seas of Saturn's giant moon Titan, the only solar system body other than Earth that has liquid on its surface.

Then we may come to resemble Titan, the giant moon of Saturn, says Jonathan Lunine of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

How did Saturn's giant moon Titan get so big?

She was there as Cassini discovered lakes of liquid methane and ethane dotting the poles of Saturn's giant moon Titan, which is larger than the planet Mercury.

This six - image mosaic from NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn, its rings and the planet's giant moon Titan.

What are the conditions like on these giant moons, and what is the chance for life on each world?

According to NASA, Cassini, which arrived in the Saturn system in mid-2004, obtained the images during a close flyby of Titan on July 25, when it came as close as 607 miles from the giant moon.

Although Cassini will have no further close, targeted flybys of Titan, the spacecraft continues to observe the giant moon and its atmosphere from a distance.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft is headed toward its Sept. 15 plunge into Saturn, following a final, distant flyby of the planet's giant moon Titan.

The giant moon and the sunset colored sky didn't help the cause of peacefulness.

Instead of heading to the stars and «terra - forming» planets for human occupation, why not modify humans so that they can occupy hostile habitats such as that offered by Saturn's giant moon, Titan?

The picture is handsome — particularly an early shot of a giant moon stolen from It's a Wonderful Life.

We added the technology package to an SL and the additional safety features are worth every penny... not to mention the giant moon roof.

So, people who don't know that The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask has a giant moon falling out of the sky, or thatMidna is the former queen of the Twilight Realm who was usurped by the evil Zant will probably spend the entire game playing catch - up.

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