Thursday, 13 December 2012

Nasa Scientists Spotted Another River Nile on Saturn's largest moon



A 250 mile-long river valley flowing with liquid hydrocarbons has been spotted on Titan by scientists using Nasa's Cassini space probe.

It is the first time a river system this vast has been seen anywhere other than Earth, and Nasa are saying it appears like a miniature, extraterrestrial likeness of the our own planet's Nile River.

The river valley crosses Titan's North Polar Region and runs north into Ligeia Mare, one of the three great seas in the moon's high northern latitudes.

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Source: Daily Mail

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