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Liquid Lakes On Saturn's Moon Confirmed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the time-for-a-saturn-icon dept.

Riding with Robots writes "Scientists have been using the robotic spacecraft Cassini to explore what looked to be large lakes of hydrocarbons on the surface of Saturn's planet-sized moon Titan. But they couldn't be entirely sure that the features were actually liquid lakes, and not simply very smooth, solid material. Now, new findings seem to confirm that the observations really do show extensive seas of liquid ethane and other hydrocarbons. In fact, Titan seems to have an entire 'water' cycle of ethane evaporation, rain and rivers."

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  1. Saturn == LA? by dlgeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    FTA: "[T]hese particles form a ubiquitous hydrocarbon haze that hinders the view."
    Sounds just like LA.

  2. Re:Cheesy Joke Thread, and life on Saturn by gsslay · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not "invade". Sheesh, keep to the script why dontcha?!

    Act 1: Locate & Destroy Secret Inter-planetary WMDs
    Act 2: Er, forget that, we never said that, we meant; Liberate oppressed Saturnians
    Act 3: Confuse Saturn For Something Jupiter Did - Meh, they're all gas-giants aren't they?
    Act 4: Ooh, fancy that, you have oil? That we did not know.
    Act 5: Damn Ungrateful Tentacle-heads