Huygens sends postcards and sounds from Titan

To see the shores of a new world is a magnificent privilege. In the days of explorers such as Columbus, Leif Erickkson, and Magellan, it was a rare privilege, too.

But technology has been a great democratizer of the thrill of exploration. Now we can take these journeys together. I still remember lying on my grandfather's bed in Saskatchewan watching Neil Armstrong step, upside down, onto the surface of the moon.

And now in our age, we get to see, for the first time, the surface of another planet's moon. Spectacular!

New Scientist Breaking News - Huygens sends postcards and sounds from Titan