Blackout Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080320/ap_on_sc/saturn_titan PASADENA, Calif. - Scientists say they have found the best evidence yet that an ocean of liquid water may be hidden below the surface of Saturn's giant moon Titan. ADVERTISEMENT If the results are confirmed, it would be a starting point for further study into whether the ocean could be capable of supporting life. The latest evidence of an underground ocean is indirect and is based on analyzing radar images and Titan's spin rates from observations by the international Cassini spacecraft from 2004 to 2007. Scientists found several dunes, channels, lakes and other geological features on Titan's surface drifted from a fixed point, likely as a result of an increase of the moon's rotation. Using modeling techniques, scientists determined that winds in Titan's atmosphere exert a torque on the lunar surface and concluded there must be a liquid ocean below. Such a large shift would not be seen if the interior was a solid core, they said. "Only because the crust is thin and decoupled from the deep interior by this ocean is the wind able to move the crust around as much as we see," lead author Ralph Lorenz of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. The findings were described in Thursday's issue of the journal Science. If an internal ocean exists on Titan, it would likely be buried below 62 miles of ice and made of water and traces of ammonia, Lorenz said. In an accompanying editorial, Christophe Sotin of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena and Gabriel Tobie of the University of Nantes in France wrote that further observations are needed to test for the existence of an underground ocean. "If the interpretation that Titan has an internal ocean is supported by other measurements, then Titan is a place where organics are produced and where liquid water is present," they wrote. The presence of an underground ocean could help explain how Titan replenishes methane in its smoggy atmosphere. Titan is one of the few objects in the outer solar system with a significant atmosphere, and scientists have long puzzled over the source of its methane. They have theorized that methane is locked in the ice covering and released through processes involving an ocean below. The Cassini probe, a project of NASA and international partners, previously found evidence of hydrocarbon seas on Titan's surface. ___ I wanna move there some day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tictac Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Sounds awesome, maybe all the methane is from swimming subterranean cows. I hope they get some pics/bodies of aliens soon. Then i can prove everyone wrong! everyone will pay for making fun of my tin foil helmet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Sounds awesome, maybe all the methane is from swimming subterranean cows. I hope they get some pics/bodies of aliens soon. Then i can prove everyone wrong! everyone will pay for making fun of my tin foil helmet! good thing you're hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Sounds awesome, maybe all the methane is from swimming subterranean cows. I hope they get some pics/bodies of aliens soon. Then i can prove everyone wrong! everyone will pay for making fun of my tin foil helmet! I dont get your relationship: You have the looks. You have the brains. What does Drago bring? the drugs??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tictac Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 I dont get your relationship: You have the looks. You have the brains. What does Drago bring? the drugs??? Good looks companionship sometimes cooking fun brains tallness soccer skills he likes my cat he sends me get well package for surgery etc. also the drugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drago Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 I dont get your relationship: You have the looks. You have the brains. What does Drago bring? the drugs??? if you only knew. I have asked her this a few times, all she can do is mumble out responses, sometimes i remove the sock from her mouth to let her scream a little bit, but mostly just leave her tied to the pillar in the basement. She might tell you different, but she really doesn't mind using a bucket for pooping and peeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tictac Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 if you only knew. I have asked her this a few times, all she can do is mumble out responses, sometimes i remove the sock from her mouth to let her scream a little bit, but mostly just leave her tied to the pillar in the basement. She might tell you different, but she really doesn't mind using a bucket for pooping and peeing. he even lets me write my own posts sometimes, isnt he a pip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Good looks companionship sometimes cooking fun brains tallness soccer skills he likes my cat he sends me get well package for surgery etc. also the drugs soccer skills??? And I hope he likes you "cat"... heh, heh, heh.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 he even lets me write my own posts sometimes, isnt he a pip! he is *ussy whipped.. right?? cmon.. you can tell me... I wont tell anyone else, i promise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tictac Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 he is *ussy whipped.. right?? cmon.. you can tell me... I wont tell anyone else, i promise... I'm just a lil tictac, hes just a drago. We live in modesty. Dont pick on us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 I'm just a lil tictac, hes just a drago. We live in modesty. Dont pick on us! Im not picking on you.... You are the greatest,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tictac Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Im not picking on you.... You are the greatest,,,, If you and I meet up at a Jets game, we are surely singing the R.Kelly worlds greatest song while drunk. I just have to learn the words. And you will have to learn to synchronize swim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 If you and I meet up at a Jets game, we are surely singing the R.Kelly worlds greatest song while drunk. I just have to learn the words. And you will have to learn to synchronize swim. i dont think you can train a whale to do tricks in the water.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tictac Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 i dont think you can train a whale to do tricks in the water.... I think they well floaties at the dollar store, and swimming caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 I think they well floaties at the dollar store, and swimming caps. im not sure they made floaties that can get around my meaty arms... but I look good in a swimming cap though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tictac Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 im not sure they made floaties that can get around my meaty arms... but I look good in a swimming cap though.... I guess it will just be karaoke then. sigh, i was really looking forward to bringing that pool, and matching suits. According to lions, and other predators, meaty is good. Women are like predators sometimes, meaty arms are good arms. This connection works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 thanks for ruining my thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alk Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 How long did you think a thread about underground lakes was going to stay on topic? About as long as a RIP (Enter dead rapper here) thread I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drago Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 About as long as a RIP (Enter dead rapper here) thread I suppose. maybe if rappers didn't have names like 'ez we-we' and what have you. Perhaps then we would take their lives/noise more seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 maybe if rappers didn't have names like 'ez we-we' and what have you. Perhaps then we would take their lives/noise more seriously. Yeah, but seriously... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gg Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Would you like to swing on a star carry moonbeams home in a jar and be better off than you are or would you rather be a mule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tictac Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 I am a dash and you are a dot When will you see that I am all that you've got I'm a binary code that you cracked long ago But to you I'm just a novel that you wish you'd never wrote I'm greater than x and lesser than y, so why is it That I still can't catch your eye? You're a cryptic crossword, a song I've never heard While I sit here drawing circles I'm afraid of being hurt It appears to me the graph has come and stolen all the laughs It appears to me the pen has over analysed again And if I am a number I'm infinity plus one And if you are five words you are afraid to be the one And if you are a number you're infinity plus one And if I am four words then I am needing of your love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooliojets Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 I am a dash and you are a dot When will you see that I am all that you've got I'm a binary code that you cracked long ago But to you I'm just a novel that you wish you'd never wrote I'm greater than x and lesser than y, so why is it That I still can't catch your eye? You're a cryptic crossword, a song I've never heard While I sit here drawing circles I'm afraid of being hurt It appears to me the graph has come and stolen all the laughs It appears to me the pen has over analysed again And if I am a number I'm infinity plus one And if you are five words you are afraid to be the one And if you are a number you're infinity plus one And if I am four words then I am needing of your love i heard you are fine as hell. Throw me some pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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