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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. More about Titan... by breon.halling · · Score: 4, Informative

    More info is here.

    And while you're at it, you may want to check out Celestia, a 3D space simulator.

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