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Huygens landed on Titan and saw river channels

The 2005 probe photographed drainage networks cut by liquid methane Huygens separated from Cassini and dropped through Titan's haze for about two and a half hours under parachutes. Its camera showed branching channels, rounded pebbles and a dark flood plain where it settled on damp ground at about minus 179 Celsius. It was the first landing in the outer solar system. It sits in Mondo's space collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The 2005 probe photographed drainage networks cut by liquid methane. The figure is taken from ESA, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a space fact?: Yes. It sits on the Space shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.