The first analyses of data sent by the Huygens probe from Saturn's largest moon Titan are flooding in. They paint a picture of a ‘Peter Pan’ world — potentially like Earth, but with its development frozen at an early stage.
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Owen, T. Huygens rediscovers Titan. Nature 438, 756–757 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/438756a
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