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Titan's Topsy-Turvy Topography
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| Topic: Titan |
04/07/09 |
| Summary: Researchers are making surprising new discoveries about Saturn´s moon, Titan. The discoveries include the detection of a potential subterranean ocean of hydrocarbons and unique observations of Titan´s topsy-turvy topography. |
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Capturing Hydrocarbon Rain
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| Topic: Titan |
02/01/09 |
| Summary: NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured new images of liquid hydrocarbon lakes on Titan. More importantly, the images show changes in the lakes potentially caused by rainfall. Titan is the first world apart from Earth where bodies of liquid have been identified at the surface. |
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Astrobiology Top 10: Titan's Ethane Lake
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| Topic: Titan |
12/29/08 |
| Summary: Astrobiology Magazine is looking back over 2008, highlighting the top 10 astrobiology stories of the year. At number 5 is the confirmation that Saturn´s moon Titan has lakes. This makes Titan the only world in our solar system other than Earth to have liquid on its surface – although on Titan the lakes are made of hydrocarbons rather than water. (This story originally was published on August 03, 2008). |
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Titan Triple Threat
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| Topic: Titan |
11/06/08 |
| Summary: The Cassini-Huygens mission has given us our best view yet of Titan, but this moon of Saturn still remains shrouded in mystery. A proposed future mission takes a three-tiered approach – using an orbiting spacecraft, a surface probe, and a hot air balloon -- to further explore the enigmatic moon. |
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Titan is Electric
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| Topic: Titan |
10/28/08 |
| Summary: Scientists have determined that Saturn's moon Titan could have electrical storms occurring in its atmosphere. Such storms might provide energy for the formation of important organic and pre-biotic molecules. |
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The Stuff of Life on Titan
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| Topic: Titan |
08/14/08 |
| Summary: Reactions between organic compounds in Titan´s atmosphere and water on the surface may create complex molecules similar to those on the early Earth. |
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Titan's Ethane Lake
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| Topic: Titan |
08/03/08 |
| Summary: Scientists confirm that at least one body in our solar system, other than Earth, has a lake of liquid on its surface. Saturn's moon Titan is truly wet – with liquid ethane, methane and other hydrocarbons. |
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Titan's Hidden Ocean
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| Topic: Titan |
03/23/08 |
| Summary: NASA's Cassini Spacecraft has found evidence that Saturn's moon Titan may harbor an underground ocean of water and ammonia. It is an important finding for astrobiologists who are searching for potential habitats for life in our Solar System. |
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Titan Oil Reserves
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| Topic: Titan |
02/17/08 |
| Summary: Scientists have determined that Saturn's moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves of Earth. Studying the hydrocarbons of Titan could provide a better understanding of the origins of life in the Universe. |
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Titan's Great Lakes
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| Topic: Titan |
10/17/07 |
| Summary: Newly assembled radar images provide the best view yet of hydrocarbon lakes and seas at Titan's north pole. Other images reveal lakes at the moon's south pole. Scientists are hoping that by studying Titan's unique environment they will gain insights into processes on the early Earth. |
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