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7.31.2008 9:07 AM

Energy Crisis Solved?

Lake of Oily Hydrocarbons Found on Titan, Moon of Saturn

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Image of Titan, moon of Saturn.
The mountains on Titan, Saturn's largest moon and the only moon in the solar system with a thick atmosphere, show evidence of erosion.
Photo: Cassini-Huygens Mission / NASA

By Dan Shapley

NASA has found an oily liquid lake filled with hydrocarbons on Titan, Saturn's Earth-like moon.

It's the first liquid lake found away from Earth. Named Ontario Lacus, it is bigger than Connecticut and Rhode Island combined.

And, it's filled with oil.

Or, at least it has liquid ethane, a component of crude oil.

Now all we have to do is figure out how to transport it 800 million miles through space, and the energy crisis is solved. Right?


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