Saturn has 62 identified moons, but only the Titan is the only known moon with an atmosphere. Scientists have equated the titan to the Earth, as it is the only moon that experiences rain. It comes with oceans, lakes and researchers continue to discover many Earth-like features on it. This month alone, researchers have discovered deep lakes, ice features and a vision of what seemed like a winter storm. All these point out one thing -- this moon may be just like the Earth and is now showing signs of life.
NASA officials are looking at sending a team to probe on the possible survival in Titan. Can life survive this planet? This is exactly what the Dragonfly Drone mission is for. But before anything else, it is important that people understand what it is about the Titan that gets a lot of scientists excited.
What makes Titan special compared to other Saturn's Moon?
Titan comes with its own atmosphere, but its air mixture is rather complex chemistry. It comes with seasons. It has lakes and it rains there too. It comes with mountain ridges, valleys, dunes, and mesas. Although all of these sound too familiar, its atmosphere is made up of 98% nitrogen gas and 2% methane. The seas and lakes are not water at all. They contain methane and ethane instead of water.
