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Titan's Icy Surface Revealed

Posted by michael on from the tire-chains-mandatory dept.

Sven-Erik writes "BBC News writes about an article in the journal Science: Scientists have peered through the smoggy orange haze of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, and seen icy bedrock exposed on the surface. The observations reveal a surface that is not entirely covered by liquid and solid organic materials that rain out of the atmosphere, as was thought."

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  1. Does this count? by GTRacer · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    What sound does a FP make if it posts in the wilderness and nobody sees it?

    I was going to keep this OT by listing movies with TITAN in the title, but I don't know if anybody would see my handiwork:

    Remember the Titans
    Titan A.E.
    Clash of the Titans
    Titanic
    ...

    GTRacer
    - Ganbare

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    Defending IP by destroying access to it? That makes sense, RIAA/MPAA. Go to the corner until you can play nice!
  2. Icy Titan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wow, frigid and titan in the same sentence. Reminds me of my ex-girlfriend. She was one huge, unresponsive bitch.