Cornell University: Explosive Nitrogen Created Craters That Pock Saturn Moon Titan
September 11, 2019
September 11, 2019
ITHACA, New York, Sept. 11 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Cornell University issued the following news:
The topography of Titan, the largest of moon of Saturn, seems serene in Cassini mission images, but lakes of liquid methane that pock the landscape were likely formed by explosive, pressurized nitrogen just under the moon's crusty surface, according to research published Sept. 9 in Nature Geoscience.
"Titan has a very distinctive topography. Its lakes show different kin . . .
The topography of Titan, the largest of moon of Saturn, seems serene in Cassini mission images, but lakes of liquid methane that pock the landscape were likely formed by explosive, pressurized nitrogen just under the moon's crusty surface, according to research published Sept. 9 in Nature Geoscience.
"Titan has a very distinctive topography. Its lakes show different kin . . .