The surface structure of Saturn's largest satellite, Titan, is completely unknown because no spacecraft so far could take pictures through Titan's thick clouds.
A. False, but all information related to Titan's surface comes from radar images taken by the Cassini spacecraft.
B. False, recently in 2005, Cassini parachuted a probe into Titan's atmosphere and took the pictures of its surface.
C. True, because no probe can pass through Titan's methane and ethane clouds.
D. True, because Titan's atmosphere blocks all wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation.
Answer: B
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