"We now have the key to understanding what shapes Titan's landscape," said Dr Martin Tomasko, Principal Investigator for the Descent Imager-Spectral Radiometer (DISR), adding: "Geological evidence for precipitation, erosion, mechanical abrasion and other fluvial activity says that the physical processes shaping Titan are much the same as those shaping Earth."
They go on to conclude:
"Data provided in part by the Gas Chromatograph and Mass Spectrometer (GCMS) and Surface Science Package (SSP) support Dr Tomasko's conclusions. Huygens' data provide strong evidence for liquids flowing on Titan. However, the fluid involved is methane, a simple organic compound that can exist as a liquid or gas at Titan's sub-170°C temperatures, rather than water as on Earth."
A picture of a river on Titan:
They are also thinking it may rain soon, so the probe may be able to capture some of that. There was a press conference at 2am last night but I fell asleep before I was able to see it. *sigh*
Beavers also just played #13 Arizona very close, losing by nine but they were within two at one point late in the half before they began to foul out of desperation.
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