Saturn's Giant Sea Sponge

Images of Hyperion reveal a high density of craters.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 10:52

Close-up images of Hyperion, Saturn's eigth-largest moon, reveals a landscape that resembles a giant sponge. The Cassini spacecraft took the images from 620km away.

Although there is no life on Saturn's moon, the cup-like craters also contain hydrocarbons - the basic chemicals necessary for life. It seems this basic chemistry is much more widespread in the universe than we initially believed.

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