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Investigations conducted by the NASA Cassini spacecraft late last year allowed experts to discover that the deserts on Titan, the largest moon orbiting Saturn, were not as arid as first thought. Planetary scientists say it's no doubt the space probe readings indicate the presence of methane rain above them.At fi... |
18 March 2011
04:57 GMT |
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The video game that took up most of my time this week was Dawn of War II: Retribution, the new strategy game from Relic and THQ, which got a review from Softpedia and a series of Gamer Diaries.We also have a review for the High Definition remake of Beyond Good & Evil and have started a new set of diaries that focus o... |
13 March 2011
08:41 GMT |
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Blizzard is one of the most secretive companies in the video game business, offering the minimum amount of information about its big projects before the official reveals and refusing to commit to launch dates before they are sure about the quality of their titles.
And the fact that Blizzard is talking about its ne... |
10 March 2011
17:21 GMT |
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Blizzard might not be ready to talk about what its project codenamed Titan really is, but the developer seems pretty interested in talking about its expectations for the new MMO, and now one of the leading executives at Blizzard says that the developers are already playing the game internally.
Speaking to Gamasutr... |
9 March 2011
05:39 GMT |
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We already know that Blizzard is working on a new MMO project that is codenamed Titan, but the company has so far refused to offer any concrete details linked to it, probably for fear that it might affect the popularity of its current blockbuster World of Warcraft.
And it seems that Blizzard is working hard to mak... |
8 March 2011
05:32 GMT |
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Speaking at the Game Developers Conference, the World of Warcraft Game Director Tom Chilton has said that creating and launching the Cataclysm expansion for the MMO was hard to developer Blizzard because it meant cutting out and recreating areas of the game. Tom Chilton said that the people working on the expansion ... |
3 March 2011
05:34 GMT |
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We already know that developer Blizzard is working on a new MMO project, but the company has been very slow in offering details about its new video game, sticking to the idea that it is not working on merely a sequel to World of Warcraft but that it is crafting an experience which will feel completely new to all thos... |
11 February 2011
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The Saturnine moon Titan is undoubtedly one of the most interesting bodies in the solar system, and one of those that closest resemble Earth. Scientist now add a new feature to the list of similarities. Recently, they discovered what appeared to be cirrus clouds in the moon's atmosphere. The finding becomes very... |
4 February 2011
18:11 GMT |
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Given the host of conditions on the Saturnine moon Titan, experts are convinced that the space body is one of the primary candidates for discovering alien life elsewhere other than Earth. There are of course other moons in the solar system that can be classified as potentially habitable, such as for example Enceladus... |
1 February 2011
08:29 GMT |
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Since July 1, 2004, the NASA Cassini orbiter has been keeping an eye on the Saturnine moon Titan, around which it already flew a number of passes. But what the probe has uncovered only managed to peak astronomers' interest, and so experts are now considering sending a blimp to the moon. There are several reasons... |
27 December 2010
02:47 GMT |
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After a pretty embarrassing leak a few weeks ago, Blizzard has officially admitted that its new massively multiplayer online game project is codenamed Titan, and that it is currently hiring a lot of people to work on it.
As you all know, Blizzard is the company behind the hugely successful World of Warcraft MMORPG... |
20 December 2010
03:45 GMT |
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Experts were recently able to determine that the largest lake in the southern hemisphere of Saturn's largest moon Titan is in fact very shallow, and that its surface is not disturbed by any waves.
Given that the space body has an average temperature of nearly minus 180 degrees Celsius, it stands to reason th... |
18 December 2010
03:29 GMT |
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According to a research presented December 4 at the 2010 annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), it would appear that the Saturnine moon Titan may have he capability to sustain the formation of biomolecules on its surface. These molecules would resemble the amino-acids, the basic building blocks ... |
15 December 2010
03:03 GMT |
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The largest moon around Saturn is renowned for the fact that its polar regions contain many liquid hydrocarbon lakes. But astronomers were recently able to determine that the object also features at least one ice volcano. According to the team that conducted the investigation, the contents of the volcano's eject... |
15 December 2010
02:41 GMT |
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A team of astronomers challenges the established idea that Saturn's massive rings formed when a comet passed too close to the planet, or when such a body struck one of its moons. The new idea holds that the structures appeared as a result of a collision between Saturn and a very large moon.
The group believes... |
13 December 2010
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A launch schedule leak from the Chinese division of Blizzard suggests that the company has two entirely new games in development, one called Titan and set to arrive at some point in 2014 and another titled Starcraft 2: phoenix which could come alongside the first expansion for Starcraft 2, while also showing plans fo... |
9 December 2010
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For many years, scientists have been arguing that the earliest life forms developed here inside oceans or pools of water, in places where the organisms had millions of years to develop and thrive. A new theory has however been gaining momentum lately, which states that life originated high up in the Earth's atmo... |
11 November 2010
01:32 GMT |
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The NASA Cassini space orbiter has beamed back a series of photos of the Saturnine moon Titan, which show that spring is finally beginning to take a hold there. Clouds have already begun forming.Investigators with the mission say that the midsection of the moon is covered with clouds, which give the body an eerie app... |
21 October 2010
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New computer models that simulated possible chemical reactions in Titan's atmosphere concluded that the basic organic molecules need to create life may exist on the largest moon of Saturn.The investigation basically states that carbon-based life forms are possible on the space object, which is one of the most in... |
8 October 2010
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Though the issue of where Saturn's famous rings came from has been debated extensively, a researcher now proposes a groundbreaking new explanation for the peculiar structures. The expert proposes that the beautiful and thin rings that surround the gas giant are the remnants of a Titan-sized moon that slammed int... |
6 October 2010
10:34 GMT |
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One of the largest moons in the solar system may be contributing to keeping one of the dust rings around the gas giant Saturn opened and cracked. The investigation that led to this conclusion was carried out using the Cassini orbiter, a spacecraft managed by experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pas... |
5 October 2010
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Today, September 24, the NASA Cassini spacecraft will perform a new flyby maneuver around Titan, the largest moon orbiting the gas giant Saturn. This will by a high-altitude swing-by.Experts at the American space agency say that the orbiter will have a busy schedule in the following year and a half, especially when i... |
24 September 2010
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According to the latest observations by the NASA Cassini orbiter around Saturn, it would appear that spring has finally come on the gas giant's largest moon, Titan.The skies above the space body's polar regions have been constantly clearing since August last year, when the last equinox took place. A fine sp... |
22 September 2010
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According to a new scientific investigation, it would appear the the mountains adorning the surface of the Saturnine moon Titan have no other possible origin than the shrinking of the celestial body itself.The new theory goes that, as the moon is getting cooler, it shrinks, and that its surface is following the overa... |
13 August 2010
03:16 GMT |
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Scientists operating the NASA Cassini spacecraft announced recently the conclusions of a new flight the space probe took around Saturn's largest and most interesting moon, Titan. The scientific instrument has been orbiting the gas giant, collecting data about its surface, rings and moons, for about six years. It... |
9 June 2010
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Over the past few months, an avalanche of scientific studies on Saturn's moon Titan has been dealing with the prospect that the celestial body is harboring primitive life forms. The investigations have been looking at the chemicals present on the natural satellite, at its temperature, topography and geology, and... |
7 June 2010
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Scientists at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, announce that the American space agency's Cassini space probe will carry out a new flyby of Titan, Saturn's largest and most interesting moon. The spacecraft will find itself at the point of closest approach to the cosmic body S... |
4 June 2010
06:12 GMT |
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Since July 1, 2004, when the Cassini spacecraft first achieved orbital insertion around Saturn, one of its primary targets has been the peculiar moon Titan. The space rock is covered by a thick, hazy atmosphere, and features lakes of liquid hydrocarbons (such as methane and ethane) at its north and south poles. All t... |
4 June 2010
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It could be that our planet has a lot more in common with Saturn's largest moon Titan than experts first thought possible. In a new investigation, carried out by experts at the University of Colorado in Boulder (UCB), it was revealed that the thick haze which constituted Earth's primordial atmosphere was mo... |
4 June 2010
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NASA experts announce that their Cassini spacecraft has just finished capturing a new series of stunning photos depicting the moon Enceladus. The space rock is one of the most interesting currently in orbit around the gas giant Saturn, which Cassini has been studying since July 1, 2004. During the course of the new d... |
20 May 2010
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It's not very often that the NASA Cassini spacecraft has the opportunity to perform double flybys. In fact, only a handful of such instances have occurred since July 1, 2004, when the orbiter achieved insertion in Saturn's orbit. The probe has been keeping an eye on the gas giant, its stripes, rings and moo... |
18 May 2010
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While modern technology has ensured that we become capable of observing the outer surface of a planet, as well as some of its internal structure, we are still currently incapable of learning what a planet or moon sounds like. This is of extreme importance for the field of space weather, given that this type of data c... |
12 May 2010
14:01 GMT |
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According to a new series of observations conducted using the NASA Cassini spacecraft, it would appear that the Xanadu region of the Saturnine moon Titan is paved with sparkling crystal ice balls. The science team managing the long-lived space probe, which has been orbiting Saturn since July 1, 2004, says that the ma... |
12 May 2010
04:37 GMT |
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According to astrobiologists, the asphalt lakes that can be found at several locations on our planet are the closest accessible equivalent to the liquid hydrocarbon lakes on Titan. This is one of the main reasons why they are oftentimes used as proxies in conducting various types of research associated with the Satur... |
7 May 2010
03:01 GMT |
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The Saturnine moon Titan elicited the interest of astronomers several years ago, when the first images of its surface revealed interesting features, in addition to a thick atmosphere. Since 2004, the NASA Cassini spacecraft has been in orbit around the gas giant, and the probe carried out numerous flybys of the natur... |
23 April 2010
02:24 GMT |
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Experts managing the NASA Cassini spacecraft announce the successful completion of a double-flyby last week, which targeted two of the moons orbiting the gas giant Saturn. The space probe has been orbiting this planetary system since July 1, 2004, after being launched on October 15, 1997, from the Cape Canaveral Air ... |
13 April 2010
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Many astrobiologists believe that one of Saturn's moons may contain signs of life. The planet's largest natural satellite, Titan, captured the imagination of astronomers and other scientists when the first data of its surface began to come in. Researchers used data sent back by various spacecraft to determi... |
12 April 2010
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Experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announce that the Cassini spacecraft will perform this week consecutive flybys of two Saturnine moons. The science team at the lab explains that a fortuitous cosmic alignment will allow the probe, which has been orbiting Saturn since July 2... |
6 April 2010
06:43 GMT |
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For many years, astronomers have said that the primary goal of exploring space is discovering a habitable world. That's all well and good, until you stop to think about what the concept actually means. Over the decades, the definition has changed constantly, and experts say that it is most likely to continue doi... |
23 March 2010
09:31 GMT |
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All humans are intimately familiar with our planet's atmosphere. Regardless of where you live, you've looked at the sky at least once, and realized that, without this thin protective layers of perfectly-balanced chemicals, life wouldn't be possible here. Thought it can, at times, unleash its savage fur... |
22 March 2010
07:57 GMT |
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Researchers managing the NASA/ESA Cassini mission to Saturn have published two new scientific papers, showing the progress that has been achieved in the nearly 6 years since the orbiter has been observing the gas giant. The amount of data that this particular spacecraft is without equal in terms of quantity and quali... |
19 March 2010
03:57 GMT |
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Experts managing the NASA/ESA Cassini spacecraft have recently announced that the interior of Saturn's largest moon Titan is most likely made up of rock and large amounts of ice. They base their conclusions on in-orbit analysis of Cassini's trajectory, as it swooped past the natural satellite during several... |
12 March 2010
04:46 GMT |
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Since the NASA/ESA Cassini spacecraft began orbiting Saturn, experts have been puzzled by the radar images the orbiter kept sending back of the bizarre moon Titan. The surface of the rock appeared to be covered in weird, liquid hydrocarbon lakes, but also in honeycomb-like patterns, and flat valleys that geologists c... |
5 March 2010
09:43 GMT |
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Recently, flybys that the NASA/ESA spacecraft Cassini made of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, have uncovered the existence of giant lakes at the space rock's north and south poles. In addition to the fact that these features appear to be moving with each season, they are also filled with something, and resear... |
29 January 2010
02:45 GMT |
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Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is undoubtedly one of the most interesting objects in the solar system. Its peculiar surface features lakes of liquid hydrocarbons, as well as landscape aspects that puzzle astronomers. As such, there should be no surprise that NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are using thei... |
28 January 2010
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As it orbits around Saturn, the NASA/ESA mission Cassini is continuously snapping new pictures of the gas giant and its moons, providing experts with new data at every new transmission. In a set of images of the planet's largest moon, Titan, snapped on December 28, 2009, researchers managing the science data fro... |
26 January 2010
03:17 GMT |
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This weekend, the NASA/ESA Saturn explorer Cassini did a new flyby around Titan, the gas giant's largest moon, and also one of the most interesting objects in the solar system. The body is believed to be home to a large number of liquid hydrocarbon lakes, most notably methane and ethane. The North Pole contains ... |
28 December 2009
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What originally sounded like a crazy proposition is now beginning to make more and more sense as each day passes. Experts at the American space agency, NASA, are currently drawing up plans for a future mission on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, which will use a boat, rather than a lander, for the first time. The a... |
22 December 2009
10:17 GMT |
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Though the NASA/ESA Cassini spacecraft did a number of flybys around Titan, its advanced instruments were not able to penetrate the cloud layers on the moon, so researchers only had to rely on incomplete data collected by non-visual instruments. Regardless, they were able to infer the existence of lakes of liquid hyd... |
18 December 2009
17:11 GMT |
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Images taken by the Cassini space probe have indicated over the years that there are numerous liquid hydrocarbon lakes on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. With more research came the knowledge that the distribution of lakes between the two poles was highly uneven. In fact, the North Pole appears to be hosting about... |
14 December 2009
10:28 GMT |
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