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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Titan's Volcanoes...

Saturn’s moon Titan has lakes on its surface and a thick atmosphere, but there’s one more way this cold, distant world is like the Earth: It appears to have volcanoes—though they’re a little chillier than Eyjafjallajökull.

The surface of Titan is nearly -300 degrees F, and the cryovolcano could be erupting water ice and ammonia.

Discovery Magazine: Found: New Evidence of Ice Volcanos on Titan

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