What does the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, look like? Ethan Hawke demonstrated to Jude Law in the movie Gattaca by blowing cigarette smoke into his glass of wine. NASA figures it's Dagobah painted orange — minus Yoda, swamp creatures and slow-motion hallucinations of Darth Vader.
In six days, the world will have the chance to find out. Space probe Huygens has detached from main craft Cassini seven months after Cassini-Huygens entered Saturn's orbit, and is due to touch down in early morning this coming Friday, January 14th. That's worth a short night's sleep, don't you think?