Flat spots on Saturn’s moon Titan may be the floors of ancient lake beds0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 16, 2020
New theory about the gas giant’s largest satellite may solve a 20-year-old mystery
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Explaining the ‘tiger stripes’ of Saturn’s moon Enceladus0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 11, 2019
Saturn’s tiny, frozen moon Enceladus is a strange place. Just 300 miles across, the moon is thought to have an outer shell of ice covering a global ocean 20 miles deep, encasing a rocky core. Slashed across Enceladus’ south pole are four straight, parallel fissures or “tiger stripes” from which water erupts. These fissures aren’t quite like anything else in the Solar System.
Saturn overtakes Jupiter as host to most moons in solar system0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 10, 2019
The gas giant has 82 moons, surpassing the 79 known to orbit its larger neighbour
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