PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Coast Guard’s report on the Titan submersible disaster that killed five on the way to the Titanic said Tuesday the implosion was “preventable.” The disappearance of the Titan off Canada in 2023 led to a search that grabbed worldwide attention, and the Coast Guard convened its highest level of investigation in the aftermath. The Titan …
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Titan sub: OceanGate used ‘intimidation tactics’ and safety practices were ‘critically flawed’, report finds
Who were the five people on board the Titan?published at 13:09 British Summer Time 13:09 BST The CEO of the submersible company, a British billionaire explorer, a French diver, and a father and son were all on board the Titan submersible that imploded in June 2023. Stockton Rush, 61, was the chief executive of OceanGate, the firm which owned the …
Read More »Wait, What? Titan Quest II Is A Thing, And Is Out In Early Access?
2006 action-RPG Titan Quest has never really gone away, through a combination of DLC, re-releases, a mobile version from DotEmu, belated console ports, and expansions released as recently as 2021. It remains incredibly playable today, a game I personally return to every few years, a friendly, approachable Diablo-like. It turns out, however, that there’s now a sequel?! Announced a year …
Read More »Early Forms of Cells Could Form in The Lakes of Saturn’s Moon Titan : ScienceAlert
When NASA’s upcoming Dragonfly probe skims the lakes of Saturn‘s moon Titan, it may encounter a froth akin to Earth’s first signs of life, a new study suggests. Titan is strikingly similar to Earth in some respects. Like the planet we call home, its surface is covered with large lakes and seas of liquid. And, much like the water cycle …
Read More »Living cells could form in lakes on Saturn’s moon Titan, study says
In the search for life beyond Earth, few places are as intriguing as Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. It’s the only spot in the solar system where there are lakes and seas on the surface – only they’re not made of water. Titan’s lakes overflow with liquid methane and ethane, producing a cold, bizarre, and mysterious world. Scientists have been exploring …
Read More »The precursors of life could form in the lakes of Saturn’s moon Titan
NASA scientists have found that cell-like compartments called vesicles, needed to form the precursors of living cells, could form in the lakes of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. These lakes and Titan‘s seas are filled with liquid hydrocarbons like ethane and methane rather than water. And though we know water is a key ingredient of life on Earth, astrobiologists have theorized …
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