Possible Cryovolcano Discovered on Titan

Rei writes "NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is reporting that the Cassini spacecraft has observed what appears to be a cryovolcano on Saturn's moon Titan. Given the absense of a global methane sea on Titan, the snail-shaped structure with what appears to be a caldera on top could explain how Titan's methane stays replenished. It could further explain the dry drainage channels discovered by the Huygens lander as being formed by heavy methane rainfall after eruptions."

Comments

Re:Titan Climatology

[Ford Prefect]

It's "crême brulée," jackass.

Actually, it's 'crème brûlée', ass-jack. ;-)

Re:NOT the most interesting of Saturn's moons

[tylernt]

"I don't know why this hasn't received more coverage"

Maybe because that link is five huge pages spouting a bunch of conspiracy-theory pseudo-science... finally coming to the conclusion that the moon is, in fact, a disguised "Death Star"?

Yeah, I don't know why it hasn't received more coverage... in The National Enquirer!