Friday 14 December 2012

Hydrocarbon river flows across Saturn's moon Titan


 Titan in natural color Cassini.jpg

 


The latest was announced by the ESA yesterday: a 400km long river that flows into a hydrocarbon sea. Titan is cold enough that water remains frozen but warm enough that some simple hydrocarbons—ethane and methane—can remain liquid on its surface

 










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