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Lake of Petroleum-Like Liquid Confirmed on Titan's Surface

blog.wired.com — Earthlings might be scrambling to find liquid hydrocarbons buried in our planet, but Saturn's moon Titan has plenty to spare. Scientists say that a dark, smooth surface feature spotted on the moon last year is definitely a liquid surface lake filled primarily with ethane.

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  • attackpanda, on 07/30/2008, -8/+193I bet those ***** have WMD's, too.
  • socalftw, on 07/30/2008, -8/+101Bush: "We have evidence that Osama Bin Laden is hiding on Titan."
  • ihavebeenseen, on 07/30/2008, -6/+86Breaking News: WMD found on Titan!
  • megamod, on 07/30/2008, -6/+60Quick! make an anti-gravitational tractor beam to steal Saturn's Moon. The universe? Let's Manifest Destiny this b!tch.
  • inactive, on 07/30/2008, -2/+55It's a symbiote, not a petroleum-like substance.
  • Pledio, on 07/30/2008, -2/+52That's gonna be one big ass pipeline...
  • wastelander, on 07/30/2008, -1/+38Its time we bring democracy to Titan!
  • swrostmore, on 07/30/2008, -2/+30Silly psuedo-scientists, everyone knows oil was put in the ground 3,000 years ago by Jesus.
  • inactive, on 07/30/2008, -1/+29All this oil is yours except in Europa
    Attempt no drilling there.
  • screaminmartin, on 07/30/2008, -1/+20Haliburton already bought it.
  • dafragsta, on 07/30/2008, -0/+19Uggh... and THAT is why space travel is worth every penny. I feel like I have to reiterate this every time my mom says we are wasting money by going into space. It's a race to get off this rock before all the resources are used.
  • Wuss, on 07/30/2008, -11/+29Let's invade it, then occupy it!

    I KIDD I KIDDDDD
  • jordansampson, on 07/30/2008, -4/+21Dinosaurs in space?
  • wutimatang, on 07/30/2008, -4/+21Let alone we all know Titan harbors terrorists and has Al-Qaeda training camps.
  • synthpop, on 07/30/2008, -0/+16will Bush approve off-world drilling?
  • kokoshka, on 07/30/2008, -0/+15Operation Titani Freedom!
  • THEMACGOD, on 07/30/2008, -0/+14http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s167/THEMACGOD/ ...
  • jackal42, on 07/30/2008, -1/+13You were never qualified for a sex licence....but your mum however was highly quaified.............
  • deanoplex, on 07/30/2008, -2/+14What the hell is OUR fuel doing on Titan!
  • swrostmore, on 07/30/2008, -2/+14"We know where the WMD are. They're in the area around Ontario Lacus and east, west, south and north somewhat."
  • trolleyfan, on 07/30/2008, -1/+12Unfortunately, the evidence is that *some* planets/moons are getting hotter, *some* are getting colder, and the rest are staying about the same.

    BTW, oil on Earth - since we don't conveniently have a methane atmosphere to convert like Titan - comes mostly from ancient zooplankton and algae, not dinosaurs. It only comes from dinosaurs in late 70's oil company commercials.
  • inactive, on 07/30/2008, -4/+14Did anyone ever watch The X-Files? That's clearly a lake of "black oil".
  • tschau, on 07/30/2008, -0/+10FTA
    "These kinds of measurements are made more difficult by the hydrocarbon haze that engulfs the moon, making it hard to actually see the Titanic ground."
  • xShifty, on 07/30/2008, -0/+9CosmicJustice hasn't heard of entropy.

    But you are right that we can't use it up, because we'll be extinct before that happens and the Earth will function just fine without us for a long time. The only trouble we'll run into is keeping ourselves or our civilizations alive.
  • Huggr, on 07/30/2008, -0/+9I respectfully disagree!
    And at the same time, feel very sorry for you..
  • rsHoratio, on 07/30/2008, -4/+12Time to send in Bruce Willis and get some fuel for our cars again!
  • baldick, on 07/30/2008, -4/+12Titan might be the closest we'll get to a home away from home.
  • JinnRikki, on 07/30/2008, -1/+9And I here they have a dictator that needs some DEMOCRACY shoved up his ass.
  • HonestAbe, on 07/30/2008, -0/+8Clearly, the Titanians stole it.
  • darkhero, on 07/30/2008, -0/+7We must bring democracy to this place at once.
  • rz8472, on 07/30/2008, -1/+8Big bada-boom.
  • tehmarko, on 07/30/2008, -0/+7time to 'liberate' Salo.
  • MeatyMcBeef, on 07/30/2008, -0/+7The fact that I got that reference ensures my sex license is bound to be revoked. :(
  • terminal157, on 07/30/2008, -0/+7It's going to kill Tasha Yar! DON'T BEAM DOWN!
  • Huggr, on 07/30/2008, -1/+8Your mom didn't find it very worthless.
  • MeatyMcBeef, on 07/30/2008, -0/+6Worthless? Tell that to my girlfriend.
  • holzp, on 07/30/2008, -0/+6The people of Titan have been developing WMDs! Bombing begins shortly.
  • techweenie, on 07/30/2008, -1/+7Unfortunately, it appears there are also moose-like creatures grazing alongside that petroleum lake. Darn.
  • greengiant2684, on 07/30/2008, -1/+7http://digg.com/space/Lake_of_Petroleum_Like_Liqui ...

    http://digg.com/space/Giant_Lake_Confirmed_on_Satu ...

    both on front page.. race?
  • inactive, on 07/30/2008, -0/+6Dugg for awesome 2010 reference.

    RIP Arthur C. Clark
  • Dotcommer, on 07/30/2008, -0/+5I don't even get your comment. Wtf are you talking about?
  • Alexrrr, on 07/30/2008, -1/+6So don't sell that Hummer just yet.....
  • inurb, on 07/30/2008, -4/+9You made my day, thanks.
  • trolleyfan, on 07/30/2008, -0/+41997, actually. And, yes, that *is* the best picture you can get while photographing though a hundred miles of air that would make a Beijing smog alert look like clear blue skies.
  • ryleyleckie, on 07/30/2008, -0/+4submitted by same person too. wtf
  • NeewWorldLeader, on 07/30/2008, -0/+4ohhhhh i see what you did there
  • terminal157, on 07/30/2008, -0/+4http://saturos.home.comcast.net/~saturos/images/aw ...
  • cesclaveria, on 07/30/2008, -0/+4if it were up to digg, Steve Jobs would be president.
  • mrrothstein, on 07/30/2008, -1/+5We even know where they are... To the north, south, east and west of the lake.
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