Storms In The Tropics Of Saturn's Moon Titan Discovered

Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 07:21 in Astronomy & Space

Saturn's moon Titan is dull, weatherwise. Nothing happens for years, making it hard to understand the carved channels that seem to line the surface. Now Titan has finally been caught in the act. Astronomers set a trap for Titan, waited years for it to be tripped, and, finally, caught their prey: bright but transient clouds over Titan's tropics, a region where clouds were thought unlikely to form.

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