A six-mile-thick crust of methane trapped in water ice could explain many of the saturnian moon's weird properties ...

A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...

A 6-mile-think shell of methane ice on Saturn's moon Titan could assist in the hunt for life signs arising from this moon's ...

According to Schurmeier, methane clathrate is stronger and better insulating than regular water ice. A clathrate crust can keep Titan’s interior warm and make the water ice shell ductile. This implies ...

A new study, led by planetary scientists at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, revealed that methane gas may also be trapped ...

Because of its extremely cold temperature, the liquids on Titan are made of hydrocarbons like methane and ethane, and the surface is made of solid water ice. The research team, led by research ...

which is solid water ice with methane gas trapped in the crystalline structure. Understanding these geological dynamics on Titan helps scientists study methane’s affect on our own atmosphere as ...

Still, the surface ice of Titan is indeed composed of water. The new results from a team of planetary scientists at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa revealed that methane gas may also be trapped ...