Monday, July 22, 2013

The Mystery of the Missing Waves on Titan


Source - NASA Science News for July 22, 2013

Saturn's giant moon Titan is dotted with hydrocarbon lakes and seas that bear an uncanny resemblance to bodies of water on Earth. Strangely, though, on Titan there are no waves. In this week's story, planetary scientist Alex Hayes discusses the mysterious flatness of Titan's liquid bodies and predicts a sea-change in the near future.

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/22jul_titan/

A companion video is posted below and can also be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pj4G101o-M



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