Saturn's Moon of a Thousand Lakes

Recent images of the moon Titan reveal a world of methane lakes.
Image: NASA

In July of 2006, NASA's Cassini spacecraft penetrated the dense haze hiding Titan's surface. The images reveal the world of Saturn's moon, a place so removed from the sun that it reaches minus 290 degrees. Methane rains fall from this moon's clouds, forming methane rivers that flow into lakes. The atmosphere's dynamics are similar to that of the Earth, making Titan even more interesting to scientists. Titan is 3,200 miles wide, making it larger than Earth's moon. Findings from the Cassini spacecraft were published in Nature.

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