December 23, 2024

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Before it sank to the bottom of the sea, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft discovered secrets in the seas of Saturn’s moon Titan.

NASA’s Cassini-Huygens spacecraft may have ended its 20-year mission exploring Saturn’s neighborhood in dramatic fashion seven years ago, when it plunged into the gas giant, but it’s still delivering the scientific goods.

Using radar data collected by Cassini, Cornell astronomers have been able to gather new information about the liquid ocean of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, which is made up of hydrocarbons, a class of organic chemicals made of carbon and hydrogen. For example, this class includes chemicals like methane and ethane.