In 1675, Dutch scientist, astronomer and inventor Christiaan Huygens introduced the first balance spring, a brilliant piece of engineering at the heart of mechanical timekeeping to this day..

When the probe — named Huygens, for the 17th century Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens who discovered that world — transmitted its first pictures, the painted moonscape clashed with the real ...

On January 14, 2005, the Huygens probe made history by landing on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and sending back stunning data that gave us our first detailed look at this mysterious world. Now, on ...

Twenty years ago, the Huygens probe achieved humanity's first landing on a moon in the outer solar system when it touched down on Titan. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...