Fog discovered on Saturn moon

Liquid evaporating from lakes on the Saturn moon, Titan, seems to be causing fog on the planet’s surface. (National Geographic) That gives us at Pound360 the chills. We imagine the edge of a Titan lake with rocky hills in the background, Saturn rising high in the sky with it’s brilliant rings, and the whole thing shrouded in eerie blue fog.

The discovery of fog suggests there’s methane in Titan’s lakes. So what? Methane can evaporate, meaning there’s probably an active “methane cycle” on Titan, much like Earth’s water cycle.

Data from NASA’s remarkable Cassini Mission (a Pound360 favorite) contributed to the finding.