17th century scientist Christiaan Huygens set his sights on faraway Saturn, but he may have been nearsighted. Huygens is known, in part, for discovering Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, and deducing the ...

On Jan. 14, 2005, after a seven-year journey through the Solar System on board the Cassini spacecraft, the European Space Agency's Huygens probe successfully descended through the atmosphere of Titan, ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. PARIS-- Scientists piecing together data from Europe's Huygens probe to Saturn's moon Titan ...

The Huygens probe has been released and is heading for Saturn's largest moon, Titan, scientists have confirmed. A signal that the robot lab had separated from its mothership, Cassini, was received by ...

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 ...

ESA's Huygens probe successfully descended through the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, and safely landed on its surface on 14 January 2005. An extraordinary new world has been unveiled.

European spaceflight controllers are now making their final communications with the Huygens probe, soon to be deployed on the last leg of its journey to Titan. Once it separates from the Cassini ...

Although Huygens landed on Titan’s surface on 14 January, activity at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, continues at a furious pace. Scientists are still working to ...