Friday, January 14, 2005

sister moon

titan haze

this is exciting

Information from the first contact with the surface of an alien moon is arriving at radio telescopes around the world.

(snip)

The mysteries of Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun, have always enticed researchers. Scientists are perplexed why Saturn, a gas-giant composed primarily of hydrogen and helium, releases more energy than it absorbs from faint sunlight. Titan is also the only moon in the solar system to retain a substantial atmosphere, one even thicker than Earth's.

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