Methane rain feeds Titan's rivers

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BBC

Liquid methane rain feeds river channels, lakes, streams, and springs on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan, images from the Huygens probe show.

Scientists have also recovered much data from Huygens that had been thought lost due to a communications failure.

On 14 January, the spacecraft plunged through the moon's atmosphere, sending scientific data - including stunning images - back to ground controllers.

Teams outlined new results at a press conference in Paris, France on Friday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4193043.stm

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1. Future home of an Interplanetary Stuckey's

While it's too far to bring it back home, that methane might come in mighty handy if you're already out there cruising around the gas giants.

NEXT EXIT, 24.5 MILLION MILES

TRY OUR "TITANIC" PECAN LOGS!

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2. methane rain....methane rain

sung to the tune of purple rain...i can hear it now

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3. It Was Also Theorized That

the draingage channels may have come from underground seepage rather than rainfall. Who knows? This is fascinating.

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4. Don't Let * or Darth Cheney know

I wonder if they've sold the drilling rights to Titan yet?:crazy:

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5. Fist Store on Titan

A Starbucks!