The Solar System Loses an Ocean World

The Solar System Loses an Ocean World
By Scott Johnston (https://ift.tt/TGQVuCS)

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may not have a subsurface ocean after all. That’s according to a re-examination of data captured by NASA’s Cassini mission, which flew by Titan dozens of times starting in 2004. By 2008, all the evidence suggested a subsurface ocean of liquid water waited beneath Titan’s geologically complex crust. But the latest analysis says the interior is more likely to be made of ice and slush, albeit with pockets of warm water that cycle from core to surface.

December 22, 2025 at 10:11PM
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