New radar images indicate that Saturn’s giant moon Titan contains lakes of liquid hydrocarbons. The finding provides the first compelling evidence for bodies of liquid on the surface of any object besides Earth, say the researchers who analyzed the images.
LIQUID MOON. Radar-dark patches sprinkled throughout this area of Titan’s north polar region are probably methane lakes.
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