NASA’s Cassini data shows Titan’s lakes are stranger than we thought

Posted on 16/04/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft made its fateful plunge into Saturn's atmosphere in 2017, but scientists are still using the data it sent home to make surprising discoveries. Two papers published in Nature Astronomy reveal new information about the...

Ancient Mars Contained Plenty of Lakes, Study Finds

Posted on 03/11/2018 by hira

Scientists have known for some time that Mars used to be warm and wet. It harbored plenty of liquid water. However, between 4.2 and 3.7 billion years ago, most of the Mars atmosphere was lost to...

Ancient Mars Contained Plenty of Lakes, Study Finds

Posted on 03/11/2018 by hira

Scientists have known for some time that Mars used to be warm and wet. It harbored plenty of liquid water. However, between 4.2 and 3.7 billion years ago, most of the Mars atmosphere was lost to...

Final View of Titan’s Lakes and Seas from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft

Posted on 14/09/2018 by hira

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is a world of lakes and seas. This moon is the only place in our solar system other than Earth that has stable liquid reservoirs on its surface, but they are filled with...

Final View of Titan’s Lakes and Seas from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft

Posted on 14/09/2018 by hira

Abrupt Thaw of Permafrost Beneath Arctic Lakes could Fuel Climate Change

Posted on 17/08/2018 by hira

Methane has a significant influence on global warming. It is a potent greenhouse gas that is almost 30 times more harmful to the climate than another major greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. The biggest...

Abrupt Thaw of Permafrost Beneath Arctic Lakes could Fuel Climate Change

Posted on 17/08/2018 by hira

Titan Lakes could be the Perfect Landing Site for Space Missions, Study Finds

Posted on 07/07/2017 by hira

Saturn’s largest moon Titan has been a subject of intense scientific research in recent years. With the moon having conditions similar to our planet, including clouds, lakes and seas, researchers...

Hydrocarbon Lakes on Titan Occasionally Erupt with Nitrogen Bubbles

Posted on 18/03/2017 by hira

Over the past decade, NASA’s Cassini mission has provided us with details of complex chemical activity on the surface of Titan and showed that the Saturn’s largest moon has lakes and seas of liquid...

Almost 10,000 Metric Tons of Plastic Enter Great Lakes Every Year: Study

Posted on 24/12/2016 by hira

Every year, nearly 10,000 metric tons of plastic debris ends up in the Great Lakes from United States and Canada – far more than the total that has been estimated in the previous studies.In an effort...

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NASA’s Cassini data shows Titan’s lakes are stranger than we thought

Ancient Mars Contained Plenty of Lakes, Study Finds

Ancient Mars Contained Plenty of Lakes, Study Finds

Final View of Titan’s Lakes and Seas from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft

Final View of Titan’s Lakes and Seas from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft

Abrupt Thaw of Permafrost Beneath Arctic Lakes could Fuel Climate Change

Abrupt Thaw of Permafrost Beneath Arctic Lakes could Fuel Climate Change

Titan Lakes could be the Perfect Landing Site for Space Missions, Study Finds

Hydrocarbon Lakes on Titan Occasionally Erupt with Nitrogen Bubbles

Almost 10,000 Metric Tons of Plastic Enter Great Lakes Every Year: Study