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Possible Cryovolcano Discovered on Titan

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the cold-showers dept.

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."

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  1. Slashdot=Day old news.dot by mrshowtime · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This Volcano story was on Fark yesterday, or even two days ago. I have noticed a trend over the past two years of sluggish posting of cool stories on /. I don't know what the problem is, and I know for certain this story was submitted to /. immediately after it became news, so why the delay?

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  2. Ob Futurama by bsd4me · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all.

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    1. Re:Ob Futurama by IAmTheDave · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      "What's it called now?" "Urectum."

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