Waspie_Dwarf Posted October 1, 2014 #1 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Swirling Cloud at Titan's Pole is Cold and Toxic Scientists analyzing data from NASA's Cassini mission have discovered that a giant, toxic cloud is hovering over the south pole of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, after the atmosphere there cooled dramatically.The scientists found that this giant polar vortex contains frozen particles of the toxic compound hydrogen cyanide, or HCN. "The discovery suggests that the atmosphere of Titan's southern hemisphere is cooling much faster than we expected," said Remco de Kok of Leiden Observatory and SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, lead author of the study published today in the journal Nature Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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