Hydrocarbon Rain Swells Titan's Lakes

Posted by kdawson on Saturday January 31, 2009 @11:11AM from the singin'-in-the-methane dept.

Rob Carr writes "According to the Cassini team, 'Recent images of Titan from NASA's Cassini spacecraft affirm the presence of lakes of liquid hydrocarbons by capturing changes in the lakes brought on by rainfall.' The northern lakes are now larger following a period in which hydrocarbon clouds covered their skies. (The research was published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.) This change adds to the evidence these areas are indeed hydrocarbon lakes. But this discovery raises several more questions: where is the methane in the atmosphere coming from, and how long can this complex hydrocarbon cycle on Titan go on? The new evidence emphasizes the need for another mission to Titan."

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Re:Now all we need... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-01-31 11:45 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Heh... I like your sense of humor...
chocolate rain by evwah · 2009-01-31 13:08 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Hydrocarbon rain? Snooze. Call me when it becomes chocolate rain.
How will this dreck get modded? by rts008 · 2009-01-31 13:45 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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