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Floating 'magic islands' on Saturn's moon Titan may be honeycomb-shaped snow

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"Magic islands" of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may finally have a scientific explanation. Scientists believe they're clumps of glacier-like snow shaped like honeycomb. No one could figure out how these ephemeral blocks could appear, then simply disappear, from observation to observation. New research suggests these magic islands are actually floating chunks of frozen organic solids.

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Mystery of "magic islands" on Saturn's moon Titan solved, scientists say

The ephemeral phenomena were first observed in 2014, and since then, researchers have been trying to work out what they are.

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Floating 'magic islands' on Saturn's moon Titan may be honeycomb-shaped snow

On Saturn's largest moon, Titan, snows of organic compounds may form glacier-like honeycomb chunks in methane lakes, appearing as floating "magic islands."

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