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Titan Moon's Bright Hot Spot

Posted by Zonk on from the shiiiiiny dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has been the target of great interest because of its unusual pre-biotic chemistry and thick atmosphere. The Colorado-Boulder Space Science Institute announced a new mystery today involving a persistently bright spot, perhaps one of four possibilities. The spot could be a surface coloration, a mountain range, a cloud, or a hot spot."

14 of 201 comments (clear)

  1. Hot Spot? by TimTheFoolMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    As long as there's WiFi there, who cares how cold it is?

    Tim

    1. Re:Hot Spot? by TimTheFoolMan · · Score: 4, Funny

      As long as it doesn't say, "Posted: The 3rd planet is scheduled for demolition due to plans for an intergalactic bypass..."

  2. Fifth possibility: pre-biotic party! by noidentity · · Score: 4, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new pre-biotic lifeform overlords!

  3. When you're hot, you're hot by Greg+Hullender · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the article: If the spot glows at night, researchers will know it's hot.

    It's good to know we've got our brightest people on this.

    --Greg

    1. Re:When you're hot, you're hot by NanoGator · · Score: 1, Funny

      "It's good to know we've got our brightest people on this."

      I bet you're just beaming over your funny mod.

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    2. Re:When you're hot, you're hot by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Why can't we point an infrared camera at it?"

      There's an obelisk in the way.

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  4. Re:Life, evolution, everything... by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    What does it mean to Slashdot people?

    Really cool pets.

    KFG

  5. Entertainment by Bob+Gelumph · · Score: 5, Funny

    Couldn't it just be a red light district? Even the most remote hell-hole needs hookers.

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  6. Re:As an aside by scsirob · · Score: 2, Funny

    No you can't. I just patented mining operations on Titan... And all other extra-terrestrial planets and moons. Yes, it's a broad patent. Sue me..

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  7. Re:Life, evolution, everything... by krymsin01 · · Score: 2, Funny

    We'll make great pets, you mean?

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  8. Titan's Hot Spot? by sunwolf · · Score: 3, Funny

    As an amateur meteorologist, I find that strangely erotic.

    Okay, I lied, I'm not a meteorologist.

    o_O

  9. Re:We are so primitive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    There is probably life everywhere in the universe, but your message illustrates again that "intelligent" life may well be an evolutionary dead end and a brief accident.

  10. Maybe by JustOK · · Score: 2, Funny

    it's its bellybutton

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  11. approximately the size and shape of West Virginia by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is getting insane. Why would I ever use West Virginia as a unit of area? From reading stories on /. I'm much more familiar with the surface of Titan than West Virgina (and I suspect I'm not the only one). Shouldn't we be measuring the size of West Virgina in Titans?

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