Thursday, 28 March 2013

Cassini spots mini Nile River on Saturn moon

Scientists with NASA’s Cassini mission have spotted what appears to be a miniature extraterrestrial likeness of Earth’s Nile River — a river valley on Saturn’s moon Titan that stretches more than 200 miles (400 kilometers) from its “headwaters” to a large sea. It is the first time images have revealed a river system this vast and in such high resolution anywhere other than on Earth.

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