Met By Moonlight
The real-time news story of the day actually took place a few hours ago, more than half a billion miles away, on a moon of Saturn.
The first pictures appear to show oceans and rivers on Titan.
Props to (the beleaguered) ESA and the kids at NASA for this breathtaking mission. Not everyone agrees, but as far as I am concerned, they can spend my tax money exploring new planets. Good sites for coverage include NasaWatch, Space.com, and the Cassini-Huygens site itself.
Preliminary pictures would seem to confirm earlier theories that hydrocarbons may not be unique to the Earth and in limited supply.
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