Two recent studies published in Icarus examine tectonic processes known as shear stresses which are also referred to as strike-slip faults on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, and Saturn’s largest moon, ...
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The Sky This Week from January 9 to 16: Jupiter at opposition
The solar system’s largest planet shines bright as the Moon wanes and Saturn’s moons dance in the sky this week.
Could the icy moons of our solar system hold life beyond our planet? Keith Cooper looks at how planetary scientists plan to ...
Examples of strike-slip faults on (a) San Andreas Fault (Google Maps satellite image), (b) Ganymede (Galileo SSI), (c) and Titan (Titan Cassini SAR-HiSAR Global Mosaic). (a) San Andreas Fault (Google ...
Ganymede, one of three ocean moons of Jupiter, could be hiding layers under its icy exterior. New experiments on the behaviour of saline water under pressure suggest a complex, layered ocean with a ...
Hot on the heels of the announcement that hydrothermal vents have been found on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, we get another watery alien world announcement: Indirect evidence has been found for a salty ...
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Titan ocean theory falls apart after NASA finds a 550-kilometer barrier hiding something else entirely
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has long puzzled scientists as a possible home for a vast underground ocean. New analysis of ...
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