Artist's conception of Titan's surface (IMAGE)

Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon

Artist's conception of Titan's surface

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Artist's conception of Titan's surface. This moon of Saturn is one of the worlds in the Solar System that most resembles Earth, despite the temperature there reaching -179° Celsius. It is the only place in the Solar System with lakes, but these are hydrocarbon lakes. These molecules, made only of carbon and hydrogen, act like water on Earth, participating in a methane cycle, with rain, river formation and evaporation.

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NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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