Titan's Hidden Blanket

Titan's Hidden Blanket
By Mark Thompson (https://ift.tt/k64eOdp)

Saturn's moon Titan has long fascinated scientists, it’s a world with rivers, lakes, and a thick atmosphere, all made not of water but of methane. Now, a new study suggests Titan is stranger than first imagined since beneath its surface lies a 9 km thick crust of methane laced ice that acts like a giant thermal blanket, warming the interior in ways nobody expected.

June 12, 2026 at 04:00AM
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