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Mighty winds fuel megastorms on Titan

Long-lasting squalls on the Saturn moon flood the surface with liquid methane, simulations suggest

Titan

WEATHER ADVISORY  A 1,200-kilometer-wide storm blowing across Titan, seen in this 2010 image from the Cassini spacecraft, might be similar to squalls on Earth, new research suggests.

JPL-Caltech/NASA, Space Science Institute

By Christopher Crockett

- More than 2 years ago

OXON HILL, Md. — Beneath the orange haze of Saturn’s moon Titan, methane rains from the sky and pools in lakes — and might even burst forth from massive storm squalls like those seen on Earth.