Cassini Spacecraft Finds Ocean May Exist Beneath Titan's Crust

U.S. Newswire, March, 2008

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PASADENA, Calif., March 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon Titan. The findings made using radar measurements of Titan's rotation will appear in the March 21 issue of the journal Science.

"With its organic dunes, lakes, channels and mountains, Titan has one of the most varied, active and Earth-like surfaces in the solar system," said Ralph Lorenz, lead author of...

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