Titan’s Mystery: Scientists Crack the Code Behind the Floating Islands
Titan’s floating “magic islands” have been solved by scientists. These bright spots in Titan’s methane lakes, discovered by Cassini-Huygens in 2014, have puzzled researchers for nearly a decade. A new Geophysical Research Letters study shows these floating islands are honeycomb-shaped glacier-like snow deposits. ‘Magic Islands’ Revealed as Biological Snow Clusters Floating on Methane Lakes This … Read more