Vid Flumina is a river system (termed Flumen) of liquid methane and ethane on Saturn's moon Titan. It is more than 400 km (249 mi) long and flows into Titan's second largest hydrocarbon sea, Ligeia Mare . [ 1 ]

Lakes of liquid ethane and methane exist on the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. This was confirmed by the Cassini–Huygens space probe, as had been suspected since the 1980s. [2] The large bodies of liquid are known as maria (seas) and the small ones as lacūs (lakes). [3]

Nov 3, 2024 · This mammoth moon is the only moon in the solar system with a dense atmosphere, and it’s the only world besides Earth that has standing bodies of liquid, including rivers, lakes and seas, on its surface.

Nov 3, 2024 · Titan has clouds, rain, rivers, lakes and seas of liquid hydrocarbons like methane and ethane. The largest seas are hundreds of feet deep and hundreds of miles wide. Beneath Titan’s thick crust of water ice is more liquid—an ocean primarily of water rather than methane.

Jul 25, 2023 · The new research discusses what has been learned over decades of research using data from the international Cassini-Huygens mission, and how rivers of hydrocarbons on Titan share characteristics with flowing water on the Earth and ancient Mars.

Jul 16, 2024 · Our most detailed look yet at the strange lakes of Saturn’s moon Titan has revealed a diverse seascape, similar to Earth’s combination of freshwater rivers and salty oceans.

Jun 18, 2015 · Saturn's moon Titan is home to seas and lakes filled with liquid hydrocarbons, but what forms the depressions on the surface? A new study using data from the joint NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) Cassini mission suggests the moon's surface dissolves in a process that's similar to the creation of sinkholes on Earth.

Jan 28, 2007 · While rocks on Earth are made of silicates, the rocks on Titan are made of water ice. While Earth's lakes and rivers are filled with liquid water, Titan's flow with liquid methane. In fact, if free oxygen were also present, a single spark would send the entire moon up in flames.

May 31, 2017 · On Earth, countless rivers and streams snake their way across the surface. On Mars, rivers dried up long ago, but evidence of their presence remains etched into the arid surface. On Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, rivers of liquid ethane and methane still flow into lakes.

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, has an Earth-like landscape with lakes, rivers, and even rain. But instead of water, these bodies are filled with liquid methane and ethane. Temperatures on Titan are so cold (-179°C) that methane behaves like water does on Earth, forming a full weather cycle.