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Titan’s wobbly atmosphere spins like a gyroscope, surprising scientists

  • Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, has a wobbly atmosphere that spins like a gyroscope, surprising scientists.
  • New research from the University of Bristol reveals that Titan’s atmosphere doesn’t spin neatly with the moon’s surface, but wobbles in space and changes with the seasons.
  • Analysis of 13 years of data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft showed that Titan's atmosphere shifts its tilt over time, behaving unexpectedly.
  • The findings, published in The Planetary Science Journal, have important implications for NASA's upcoming Dragonfly mission to Titan in the 2030s.

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