Friday, April 8, 2011

APOD 4.2 and Zooniverse progress

As For "Zooniverse," I have been working on the milky way project and will likely continue doing so. I spy in space. Now on to the ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAAAAAY:

Raindrops are falling, on Titan. The -290 degree atmosphere on Titan allows there to be precipitation in the form of Liquid methane. The storms above Saturn's largest moon may also have lightning from the Nitrogen rich atmosphere.
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This is of course an artist's illustration, but it is believed to be close to what we would see. The rain clouds were found via the Cassini spacecraft. This however is nothing compared to the ground breaking discovery in 2005 of Water on Mars. The water and the nutrient rich surface may have sustained life

......before it melted.

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