Saturn’s moon Titan is peacing out

[Mike Wehner]

• Saturn's moon Titan is drifting away from the planet at a faster rate than previously thought, according to data sent back by NASA's Cassini orbiter.
• The moon, which is covered in lakes of liquid hydrocarbons, has a thick ice layer that may hide an ocean of liquid water.
• Earth's own Moon also drifts away from Earth. changing its orbit by about 1.5 inches per year.

Saturn's moon Titan is a bizarre world covered in lakes of liquid hydrocarbons like methane than exist as gasses here on Earth. It's incredibly cold there, but deep within the moon, there may be liquid water. We don't know for sure what the moon's frosty exterior is hiding, but thanks to data gathered by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, we know that Titan as a whole is on its way out.

The moon is drifting away from its host planet at a rate that is significantly faster than previously thought. Based on the most recent data, Titan drifts about four inches farther away from Saturn each year.

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