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Cassini Shatters Titan Theories

Posted by timothy on from the ok-now-give-me-my-money-back dept.

Dozix007 writes "The Herald reports: Cassini pierced the haze around Titan, Saturn's biggest moon, revealing details that have shattered theories about its composition. It has atmosphere and soil similar to primordial Earth and may contain the building blocks of life. Scientists believed bright patches on its surface seen earlier were pure water ice. But the first infrared images taken by Cassini revealed water ice as dark patches because it is mixed with material that may be organic, raining on to the surface."

12 of 461 comments (clear)

  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp?

  2. First Grammar Fix, er, First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    onto. It's "onto".

    Argh

  3. Fastest malmoderation ever. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wow, after it was posted, it took *one second* for a moderator to mislabel the parent as a troll.

    1. Re:Fastest malmoderation ever. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      at a guess, 'first post' in a posting automatically triggers a moderation of 'troll' or 'offtopic'.

      who cares? live with the shame.

  4. I, too, contain the building blocks of life. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Poop!

  5. Re:2001 by itwerx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...and the easy-bake life mix is in fact on Titan.

    How is the parent Offtopic?!?
    Moderators on crack again...

  6. Mines of Titan (mars saga remake) by Veramocor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Anyone ever play the CRPG game Mines of Titan. 1989 by westwood studios.

    That game kicked ass.

    The best part was learning how to use computers so you could hack yourself free tickets, clean up your criminal record and stuff.

    Anyone else beat it besides me?

    --
    Veramocor
  7. The Sirens of Titan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does that mean that there are no concrete statues of hot chicks?

  8. First Post? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post?

  9. Re:Interesting by advance512 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Interesting that we search far away places looking for the origins of life, and new life (Titan, Mars) and there may be some in our own back yard (the OCEAN!).

    Of course, the way we are polluting the sea, life won't be there for very long - so it doesn't really matter anyhow.

  10. Re:hello Titan Masters by tommeke100 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    a guy goes fishing every sunday early in the morning for years.
    He never missed it one day, even if it rains or it's cold.
    But that morning, at 6 am in the morning, it's like the storm of the century.
    He thinks, well, let's try, but he heads back since the weather is too disgusting.
    For the first time in all those years he won't go fishing. So he goes back at home and undresses to go back to bed, and his wife, half asleep with her face in the pillow mumbles: "are you already there?"
    He replies "yes, it's storming outside"
    wife says "and my husband went fishing, he wouldn't miss one day for all the gold in the world, the asshole"

    pleaeaeeaeaeaeaeaeese mod me funny, I know it's totally off topic!

  11. Karma nazi alert by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Score +1 Karma Bonus

    I do not think that means what you think it means. Go look up "karma bonus" on /.. Compare and contrast with "Funny", "Insightful", "Interesting" and "Underrated". If you use any of those guides from Slashdot.org, your comment is "Overrated".

    (Obviously I had no mod points today :)