Space & Science: Saturn Moon Titan Sports Thick Icy Shell & Bizarre Interior

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   Saturn Moon Titan Sports Thick Icy Shell & Bizarre Interior

   This artist’s illustration shows the likely interior structure of Saturn’s moon Titan deduced from gravity field data collected by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. The investigation by Cassini’s radio science team suggests that Titan’s interior is a cool mix of ice studded with rock.
Credit: NASA/JPL

These surprising new findings add to hints Titan possesses an extraordinarily bizarre interior, scientists added.

Past research suggested Titan has an ocean hidden under its outer icy shell 30 to 120 miles (50 to 200 kilometers) thick. Investigators aim to explore this underground ocean in the hopes of finding alien life on Titan, since virtually wherever there is water on Earth, there is life. [See more photos of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon]

  Source: www.space.com