The surface of Titan. Simulations by MIT geologists show that lakes and seas on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, were formed by wave-driven erosion. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Researchers find that wave activity on Saturn’s largest moon can be strong enough to erode the shores of lakes and seas. myth Researchers have used simulations to suggest that Titan’s … Read more
On Earth, you can look up at night and see the moon shining from hundreds of thousands of miles away. But if you go to Venus, it wouldn’t be like that. Not every planet has a moon – so why do some planets have several moons while others have none? I’m a physics instructor who … Read more
In episode 117 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest co-host Isaac Arthur chat with ICON Build’s Evan Jensen about 3D printing habitats on the Moon and one day on Mars. For decades we’ve seen images of huge glass domes on the Moon and Mars, but the reality of building settlements outside of … Read more