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Whose spacecraft first confirmed the presence of methane lakes on Titan?
Quick Answer
That evidence came from NASA's Cassini mission in the 2000s. Cassini and its radar data showed lakes and seas of liquid methane and ethane on Titan.
The Full Story
Cassini, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017, used radar and imaging to study Titan's surface through its thick haze. It found large lakes and seas near Titan's poles made mostly of liquid methane and ethane. This was the first confirmed evidence of stable liquid bodies on a world other than Earth. The discovery made Titan one of the most Earth-like yet alien places in the Solar System.
Key Facts
1.Cassini orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017
2.Titan has lakes and seas of methane and ethane
3.These were the first confirmed stable liquids on a world besides Earth
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"Not water, but methane lakes—Cassini revealed Titan’s strange seas."
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