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Scientists spot massive methane rainstorm over Titan

Source: Christian Science Monitor

Portland : ME : USA | 3 months ago

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Astronomers have discovered a storm system on Titan the size of India. It popped up in April 2008 in the moon's tropics, a latitude belt not known for cloudiness. The storm, reported in the latest edition of the journal Nature, is another "a-ha" moment as scientists try to figure out how Titan's bizarre...

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Giant storm helps brighten research on moon of Saturn

News Source: Star-Bulletin | 3 months ago

Extraterrestrial storm trackers are reporting unusual activity on Saturn's moon Titan, so cold it rains liquid methane. From telescopes on Mauna Kea, astronomers observed "dramatic brightening" from a huge storm covering nearly 1.2 million square...
Scientists see storm brewing over Titan's tropical desert

News Source: NewKerala | 3 months ago

Cassini mission deployed the Huygens probe that descended through the moon's atmosphere in January 2005. During its descent, the probe's cameras revealed small-scale channels and what appear to be stream beds in the equatorial regions that seemed to...
Sky & Telescope: A Tropical Tempest on Titan

News Source: Androscoggin News | 3 months ago

There's an old saying describing the weather in Maine: "It's 9 months of wintah, and 3 months of damn poor sleddin'." But even the hardiest Mainer would be challenged by the climate on Saturn's big moon Titan, where "wintah" lasts 7½ years,...
Methane Cloudburst on Titan [Geophysical Porn]

News Source: io9 | 3 months ago

These images of clouds high in Titan's atmosphere, published today in Nature, are strong evidence for rainstorms of methane on the moon, creating roaring rivers across Titan's surface. Report the study authors: Methane clouds, lakes and most fluvial...
Scientists spot massive methane rainstorm over Titan

News Source: Christian Science Monitor | 3 months ago

Astronomers have discovered a storm system on Titan the size of India. It popped up in April 2008 in the moon's tropics, a latitude belt not known for cloudiness. The storm, reported in the latest edition of the journal Nature, is another "a-ha"...
UH researcher helps track giant storm on Saturn's moon

News Source: Honolulu Advertiser | 3 months ago

A paper written by a University of Hawaii researcher that describes the first storm observed in the tropical latitudes of Saturn's moon Titan will be published tomorrow in the journal Nature. The paper's lead author, Dr. Emily Schaller, wrote it...