Scientists have confirmed that at least one body in the solar system, other than Earth, has a surface liquid lake by using an instrument on NASA’s Cassini orbiter.
The 235km long lake, situated near the moon’s south pole, is ringed by a dark beach, where the methane rich lake merges with a bright shoreline.
Titan has long been considered the most likely location that microbial extra terrestrial life might be found. The environmental conditions on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, are thought to mirror those of an early earth. As such there is hope that proof may one day be found linking chemical interactions of amino acids and the emergence of biological systems.
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