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more about #saturn Klebert L. Hall: See, I thought we'd go to Enceladus for enchiladas... -Kle. more » Bill-Lee: Man, I wish I hadn't filled up on popplers. more » SJ_Edwards: I, for one, welcome our new exo-icthyean overlords/luncheon feasts! (Whatever ... as long as 'somebody' goes home, full of a fast food snack 'somethi... more » comics0026: It's the same reason some people are trying to clone dinosaurs and mammoths. more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Oh, SMBC. I lurv you. more » Smeagol92055: Aasimo: I had always assumed the real reason we'd explore those moons is because we were delivering a replacement part for the Tralfamadorans. more » Ghost_in_the_Machine: Filet-O-Fish? Yuck. Let me know when they make an alien McRib. more » Kitradu: I've read the case made that fossil fuels could be found on our heavenly neighbors. This is not too far off the mark. :( more » d_r_e: more » FrankN.Stein: tastes like space chicken. more » The Curse of Millhaven: So, in the end of 2001, Dave just goes to a combination Taco Bell/Long John Silver's! more » strideo: A boat in a liquid methane sea? All they need to do is bring some oxygen and they'll have all the fuel they'll need! more » joetato: Just don't try Drejing the lakes! Sorry, I couldn't resist. ;-) (See Titan A.E. for more info) more » Meirelle: It still amazes me that there's lakes on Titan. And it rains there. IT RAINS. As my niece would say, "That just blows mine head off." more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: How do you say "Yaaarrrr" in Titanian? Srsly, this is a neat idea. more » Bill-Lee: Sounds like fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun. But it doesn't sound like the kind of place to lie shipwrecked and comatose, drinking fresh mango juic... more » einsteinsquandry: Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with meeeeee! more » EdificeComplex: As long as they don't name it after Hans Moravec. more » Ghost_in_the_Machine: This has already been covered. [io9.com] [io9.com] more » Roklimber: NASA reveals first-ever photo of liquid on another world [edition.cnn.com] 'Boat' could explore Saturn moon [news.bbc.co.uk] #tips #spaceporn #titan... more » -
#webcomics
The Real, Shameful Reason We'll Explore Saturn's Moons
Exploring the moons of Saturn and Jupiter could show us habitable worlds, liquid water, and perhaps even alien life. But webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal suggests that the real reason we'll visit Enceladus won't be for scientific exploration. More » -
#spaceseas
Sail Titan's Friendly Sea
Scientists are planning a cruise that could be described as "out of this world," despite being more business than pleasure. The secret? It'll take place on Titan, one of Saturn's moons. More » -
#spaceporn
Scientists Ponder Saturn's Mysertious Hexagon
At Saturn's North pole sits a weather mystery: a giant hexagon formed by the path of a jet stream. It's a phenomenon that has remained largely unchanged for decades, at least, and scientists are trying to figure out why. More » -
#exoclimate
The Mystery of Titan's Methane Lakes - Solved?
Saturn's atmosphere-shrouded moon Titan is dotted with methane lakes, giving it a geography like Saskatchewan or the Great Lakes region in the US. But why are all the lakes grouped in the northern hemisphere of the moon? More » -
#titan
Titan's Drone Boat Could Be Joined By a Nuclear Hot-Air Balloon
It's been reported that a planned mission to Titan will use a robotic boat to explore the liquid-methane seas. But the project will also have eyes in the sky: a hot-air balloon will circumnavigate Titan and observe its multiform topography. More » -
#spaceporn
Saturn Goes Naked on Its Equinox
Yesterday, Saturn reached its equinox, an event that occurs once every 15 years that creates the illusion that its rings have disappeared. The Cassini spacecraft was there to capture rare images of an apparently ringless Saturn. More » -
#geophysicalporn
Methane Cloudburst on Titan
These images of clouds high in Titan's atmosphere, published today in Nature, are strong evidence for rainstorms of methane on the moon, creating roaring rivers across Titan's surface. More » -
#spaceporn
Saturn's Rings To Disappear Tonight
Just a little reminder: Look to the skies tonight and you'll notice an important part of our solar system is missing. More » -
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#spaceporn
Saturn's Mysterious Splattered Moon
Iapetus may be Saturn's most enigmatic moon, with an unknown dark material splattering most of the surface and a strange ridge that makes one side of the moon resemble a walnut. Astronomers hope the Cassini spacecraft can unlock its mysteries. More » -
#madcartography
The Plains of Titan Will Be Named After a Planet from "Dune"
Saturn's Moon Titan is full of dark, icy sands, so it makes sense that its dune-filled plains should be named after a planet from the Dune series.The Chusuk plain is the dark region next to the letter C. More » -
#spaceporn
Daphnis Pulls a Jagged Line Through Saturn's Rings
Saturn's tiny moon Daphnis orbits a gap in the A Ring, causing small waves with its gravity. Now, as the gas giant approaches its equinox, the Cassini probe has captured the waves on camera for the first time. More » -
#spacecolonies
Ice Volcanoes of Enceladus Created By Liquid Water Beneath the Moon's Surface?
This image from the Cassini probe shows an ice volcano erupting on the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Scientists have suggested that these volcanoes might come from water beneath the moon's surface, and new evidence makes this theory more plausible. More » -
#spaceporn
A Once-In-A-Generation Event Leads To Saturn's Rings Disappearing
Check out that flat shadow crossing Saturn's rings. It's the shadow of Mimas, one of Saturn's moons, and its appearance means we're getting closer to Saturn's equinox, when it'll be spring in the North and the rings will go dark. More » -
#spaceporn
View From The Vacuum Organism Farms Outside My Domed Habitat On Rhea
Wish you were here! More » -
#thisisadisaster
This is a Disaster: Spring Hump Hump NSFW Edition
Hello hello hello. It's spring, a time for babymaking and disaster... Lets do a little of both, shall we? More » -
#spaceporn
Saturn's Equinox Brings Shadows
Look at this photo of Saturn's rings from earlier this month. Wondering what those little jagged lines are, on top of the thick white band? They're shadows of Saturn ring debris. Click through for larger. More » -
#space
Jupiter Discovered To Be Moon-Eater
Perhaps we should rename Jupiter "Unicron" or "Galactus," now that scientists have discovered that the planet may have devoured some of its own moons while being formed. Is there nothing Stan Lee didn't (incorrectly) predict? More » -
#space
NASA Finds Saturn's Missing Moon
Every one of Saturn's rings has had a known moon — except the mysterious "G" ring. Now NASA's Cassini Space Probe has found the planet's 61st satellite. Meanwhile, you've voted for your next space-porn fix. More » -
#apocalypsemobile
The Rise (and Fall) of the Apocalypsemobile at the Enduro Smashup Race
On New Year's Day, while you were complaining about the Gregorian calendar or nursing a wicked hangover, I was hurtling around a snow-covered racetrack, en route to destroying a perfectly good Saturn station wagon. -
#spaceporn
Saturn, Without Airbrushing
This composite photo released yesterday shows what Saturn looks like in its natural state, without any enhancements or coloration.
