One Saturn Moon Blows Oxygen to Another
Friday, July 30, 2010 - 12:35
in Astronomy & Space
A comprehensive model of Saturn's magnetosphere and moons has revealed that the ringed planet's largest moon Titan gets its oxygen from the icy geysers on another. Icy geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus send icy vapor into space, which breaks down and migrates to Titan's atmosphere.