Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Possible seas discovered on Saturn moon

Nasa has discovered that there may be seas on one of Saturn's moons Titan. The international space craft Cassini. Nasa Scientists believe that the seas are hydrocarbon. While there's no scientific definition of a lake or sea on Titan, the newly found features are significantly larger than previously discovered bodies of liquid on the frigid moon and should be considered seas. Methane is a flammable gas on Earth but is liquid on Titan because of the moon's intense atmospheric pressure and cold. Check out the photos!

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