The atmosphere of Titan is made mostly of Nitrogen (80-90%), just like the Earth's atmosphere! Titan is the only other place in the solar system with an atmosphere made out of the same thing as the Earth's. Titan's atmosphere is very dense, and the air pressure at the surface is even higher than Earth's atmospheric pressure.

Titan also has some methane in its air. Sunlight breaks down the methane and forms other chemicals, too. Those chemicals create layers of haze or smog in Titan's atmosphere. We can't see through those smog layers, so the new pictures from the Huygens probe are our first good look at Titan's surface.

Titan is very cold (-178º C or -288º F). Methane, which is a gas on Earth, may turn to liquid in some places on Titan. There may even be methane rain on Titan. This picture shows what the different parts of Titan's atmosphere might be like.

The atmosphere of Titan is made mostly of Nitrogen (80-90%), just like the Earth's atmosphere! Titan is the only other place in the solar system with an atmosphere made out of the same thing as the Earth's. Titan's atmosphere is very dense, and the air pressure at the surface is even higher than Earth's atmospheric pressure.

Titan also has some methane in its air. Sunlight breaks down the methane and forms other chemicals, too. Those chemicals create layers of haze or smog in Titan's atmosphere. We can't see through those smog layers, so the new pictures from the Huygens probe are our first good look at Titan's surface.

Titan is very cold (-178º C or -288º F). Methane, which is a gas on Earth, may turn to liquid in some places on Titan. There may even be methane rain on Titan. This picture shows what the different parts of Titan's atmosphere might be like.

Titan is the only moon in our Solar System with a significant atmosphere. Titan's atmosphere consists mostly of nitrogen, and is so thick that the atmospheric pressure at the moon's surface is about 60% greater than Earth's atmospheric pressure.

Titan's atmosphere also has a significant amount of methane. Bombardment of the methane by solar ultraviolet radiation has produced trace amounts of numerous other hydrocarbons. These organic molecules create several layers of smog-like haze in the moon's atmosphere, obscuring views of Titan's surface.

Scientists have observed clouds in Titan's atmosphere over the moon's South Pole. Temperatures are so cold (-178º C, -288º F) on Titan that methane may be a liquid at the surface. Scientists suspect that methane or ethane may fall as rain from Titan's atmosphere onto its frigid surface. This image shows the predicted structure of Titan's atmosphere. New results from the Huygens probe will likely revise our knowledge of the structure and composition of Titan's atmosphere.