Research has just been published proving Saturn’s moon is sparkling with electrical activity. Scientists are in general agreement that organic molecules, the precursors to life on Earth, are a consequence of lightning in the atmosphere. Now, using data from the Huygens probe that descended through Titan’s atmosphere in 2005 and continued transmitting for 90 minutes [...]
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Electrical Activity on Titan Confirmed (UT)
Posted in Misijos į kosmosą, Saturnas, tagged cassini, electrical activity, hiuigensas, huygens, moon, palydovas, saturn, titan, vims on 2008/08/02 | Leave a Comment »
Liquid Lake on Titan Confirmed (UT)
Posted in Misijos į kosmosą, Saturnas, Saulės sistema, tagged cassini, etanas, ethane, ežeras, lake, titan, vims on 2008/08/02 | Leave a Comment »
NASA’s Cassini mission has detected liquid hydrocarbons on Saturn’s moon Titan, in a large, glassy lake near the moon’s south pole. Before the Cassini mission began, scientists thought Titan would have global oceans of methane, ethane and other light hydrocarbons. But after more than 40 close flybys of Titan by Cassini, data showed no global [...]
