Cassini sees seasonal methane rains transform Titan's surface (w/ video)
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 15:00
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- As spring continues to unfold at Saturn, April showers on the planet's largest moon, Titan, have brought methane rain to its equatorial deserts, as revealed in images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This is the first time scientists have obtained current evidence of rain soaking Titan's surface at low latitudes.
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