Saturn's moon Titan has lakes and rivers of liquid methane and ethane, making it the only body in our solar system besides Earth with stable surface liquids.
Sources
- https://science.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/cassini-reveals-surprises-with-titans-lakes/ (science.nasa.gov)
- https://science.nasa.gov/resource/titan-flyover (science.nasa.gov)
- https://earthsky.org/space/scientists-find-new-surprises-about-titans-lakes/ (earthsky.org)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakes_and_rivers_of_Titan (en.wikipedia.org)
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More in Space
- The footprints left by Apollo astronauts on the Moon will likely remain visible for millions of years because there is no wind or water to erase them.
- The largest known structure in the universe is the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, a galactic filament spanning roughly 10 billion light-years.
- There are more stars in the observable universe than grains of sand on all of Earth's beaches—estimated at 10^24 stars versus roughly 10^18 to 10^19 grains.
- A day on Venus is longer than its year—Venus takes 243 Earth days to rotate once but only 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun.