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Nature 433, 181 (20 January 2005) | doi:10.1038/433181a; Published online 19 January 2005

Titan team claims just deserts as probe hits moon of crème brûlée

Alison Abbott

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European space craft successfully parachutes down to Saturn's moon.

Scientists were ecstatic last weekend as Titan, Saturn's largest moon, dramatically revealed itself to have the atmosphere-bearing, hydrocarbon-based landscape they had anticipated.But Huygens, the European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft that successfully parachuted through Titan's atmosphere on 14 January, has also revealed its share of surprises.

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