Cassini probe finds evidence of seas on Saturn moon

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LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Saturn's moon Titan appears to have large seas filled with liquid gas, according to data collected by the Cassini space probe, scientists said Tuesday.

Cassini's radar equipment showed several mysterious dark areas near Titan's north pole which scientists believe are bodies of liquid, "about the same size as several seas on Earth", a statement from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena said.

"While there is no definitive proof yet that these seas contain liquid, their shape, their dark appearance in radar that indicates smoothness and their other properties point to the presence of liquids," the statement said.

Titan is the second largest moon in the solar system and is about 50 percent larger than Earth's moon.

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