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  • 'Magic Island' Possibly Seen in Seas of Saturn's Huge Moon Titan

    06/23/2014 7:18:31 AM PDT · by lbryce · 23 replies
    Space .com ^ | June 23, 2014 | Charles Q Choi
    A mysteriously bright anomaly winked in and out of existence on the seas of Saturn's largest moon, Titan — potentially the first time waves, bubbles or some other unknown features have been seen there, scientists say. Scientists usually call this spot a "transient feature," but the researchers have playfully dubbed it "Magic Island." Titan, the largest of Saturn's 62 known moons, is 50 percent wider than Earth's moon and 80 percent more massive. "What I think is really special about Titan is that it has liquid methane and ethane lakes and seas, making it the only other world in the...