'Magic Island' Mysteriously Reappears on Saturn's Moon Titan (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by Theresa , Wednesday, October 01, 2014, 09:09

For years, scientists have puzzled over an anomalous feature in radar imagery of Ligeia Mare, a hydrocarbon-filled lake on the Saturnian moon Titan. A bright, seemingly solid spot appeared out of nowhere in July 2013, in an image from the Cassini orbiter's Synthetic Aperture Radar — but it failed to show up during subsequent flybys. That led some scientists to nickname the feature "Magic Island."

Now a fresh radar image suggests that Magic Island is reappearing, bigger than ever.

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