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Among the missions being planned is a huge helicopter drone to explore Saturn’s moon Titan.
Diverse teams can not only solve engineering problems more effectively, but the outcomes tend to be more inclusive, as a geographer and feminist scholar explains.
The recent tragedy of the Titan submersible bore striking parallels to one of the most widely read novels about life at sea.
Complex endeavours require complex risk management, and high-reliability organizations recognize this. OceanGate did not plan for the complexity of its operations, with tragic consequences.
The Titan disaster happened in international waters, in a commercially operated vessel, and with victims of different nationalities. Any details that emerge will likely be treated with sensitivity.
Deep underwater, the Titan submersible would have been crushed in less than a second once a defect cracked the hull.
What makes billionaires risk their lives to see the Titanic wreck?
A team of rescuers has located debris from the Titan, indicating the end of search-and-rescue efforts. Risky undertakings need to assess the cost and capacity of any potential rescue needs.
There are many bodies in the solar system we can’t easily access. But observations of their winds and sediments reveal a surprising amount.
The clouds of Venus may harbour alien life. But where else?
Saturn’s largest moon has been fully mapped for the first time.
A giant exomoon hundreds of times the size of Earth is revealing secrets about how giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn formed. They might also help astronomers find planets where life may thrive.
Titan may host primitive lifeforms and could tell us how life arose on our own planet.
Titan is more than a billion kilometres from our Sun but occasionally it’s shadow can be seen here on Earth, with the right technology. That’s what scientists gathered in Western Australia to observe.
As Cassini’s titanic mission comes to an end, we need to start thinking ahead. A combined mission to explore Saturn’s moons Titan and Enceladus would be a good place to start.
The Cassini space probe discovered liquid lakes, poisonous gases and the basic elements of life on Saturn’s moon, Titan.
Scientists discover rare molecules on Titan which suggests it’s creating the building blocks of life.
One of the most successful space exploration missions of all time still has a lot left to uncover.
Recent high-profile disappointments make it tempting to this our efforts to explore Mars are cursed. But landing anywhere in space is hard – not least on the Red Planet.
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Professor in Earth Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Emeritus Professor of Mineral Physics, University of Cambridge
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UCL
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Associate professor, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Physics, Deputy Director (Solar System) at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UCL
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Senior Instrument Scientist, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
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Research Fellow, La Trobe University
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Research Fellow/Reader in Planetary Physics, Lancaster University
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Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Forensic Science, Murdoch University
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Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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UKSA Mars Science Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
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Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies & Director, CIFAL York, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Adelaide University