Lakes of Titan - Wikipedia
WEBLakes of liquid ethane and methane exist on the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. This was confirmed by the Cassini–Huygens space probe, as had been suspected since the 1980s. [2] The large bodies of liquid are known as …
NASA's Cassini Reveals Surprises with Titan's Lakes - NASA
WEBApr 18, 2019 · On its final flyby of Saturn’s largest moon in 2017, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft gathered radar data revealing that the small liquid lakes in Titan’s northern hemisphere are surprisingly deep, perched atop hills and filled with methane.
A New Map of Titan’s Lakes | Smithsonian
WEBDec 19, 2013 · Stunning new maps of the lakes on Saturn’s moon Titan were revealed at last week’s American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco by Randy Kirk of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Titan's Lakes: Evidence of liquid on Saturn's largest moon - Science News
WEBAug 2, 2006 · New radar images strongly suggest that Saturn's giant moon Titan contains lakes of liquid hydrocarbons, marking the first time that researchers have found compelling evidence for bodies of...
Study: Titan’s lakes may be shaped by waves - MIT News
WEBJun 19, 2024 · MIT geologists studied Titan’s shorelines and showed through simulations that coastlines of the moon’s methane- and ethane-filled seas have likely been shaped by waves. Until now, scientists have found indirect and conflicting signs of wave activity, based on Cassini images of Titan’s surface.
Titan Lakes - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
WEBSep 13, 2018 · During NASA's Cassini mission's final distant encounter with Saturn's giant moon Titan, the spacecraft captured this view of the enigmatic moon's north polar landscape of lakes and seas, which are filled with liquid methane and ethane.
Titan's Lakes - NASA
WEBMar 23, 2008 · Scientists report definitive evidence of the presence of lakes filled with liquid methane on Saturn’s moon Titan, based on the images above from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.
The lakes of Titan - Nature
WEBJan 4, 2007 · The existence of oceans or lakes of liquid methane on Saturn's moon Titan was predicted more than twenty years ago. But with a dense haze preventing a closer look, it has not been possible to...
Deep and methane-rich lakes on Titan | Nature Astronomy
WEBApr 15, 2019 · Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, hosts liquid hydrocarbon lakes and seas on its surface. During the last close encounter with Titan (22 April 2017), the Cassini spacecraft used its RADAR as a...
The Mysterious ‘Lakes' on Saturn's Moon Titan
WEBJun 18, 2015 · Saturn's moon Titan is home to seas and lakes filled with liquid hydrocarbons, but what forms the depressions on the surface? A new study using data from the joint NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) Cassini mission suggests the moon's surface dissolves in a process that's similar to the creation of sinkholes on Earth.