The icy shell of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, may possibly contain a six-mile-thick layer of methane ice beneath its surface ...
Scientists believe Saturn's largest moon, Titan, could be one of humanity's best bets to find some form of extraterrestrial ...
A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...
A six-mile-thick crust of methane trapped in water ice could explain many of the saturnian moon's weird properties ...
“If life exists in Titan’s ocean under the thick ice shell, any sign of life, biomarkers, would need to be up Titan’s ice ...
New research suggests Saturn’s moon Titan may possess a crust of methane ice that warms its interior, promoting the ...
According to Schurmeier, methane clathrate is stronger and better insulating than regular water ice. A clathrate crust can keep Titan’s interior warm and make the water ice shell ductile. This implies ...
A new study, led by planetary scientists at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, revealed that methane gas may also be trapped ...
Lakes are spooky. Not the supernatural, poltergeist kind of spooky, but the kind nature provides with deep dark water and strange, sometimes unexplainable characteristics. Geo Rutherford is a writer, ...
The atmosphere of Saturns largest moon Titan is filled with surface liquids and methane in the form of lakes, rivers and seas In a recent study, scientists have hinted that secret alien life is hiding ...
lakes and seas. Because of the frigid temperatures of Titan, however, this liquid is composed of hydrocarbons like methane and ethane. Still, the surface ice of Titan is indeed composed of water.