Raisin' mountains on Saturn's moon Titan

Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 15:14 in Astronomy & Space

Saturn's moon Titan ripples with mountains, and scientists have been trying to figure out how they form. The best explanation, it turns out, is that Titan is shrinking as it cools, wrinkling up the moon's surface like a raisin.

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