Flammable ‘Snow’ May Cover Saturn’s Moon
Saturn’s moon Titan may be covered by up to 656 feet of combustible organic “snow” floating on lakes of liquid methane or water and ammonia ice flows, NASA scientists said Friday.
“The surface could be very flammable,” scientist Toby Owen said. “We can imagine flammable swamps on Titan with liquid methane and flammable aerosols.”
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