Cassini data shows first evidence of organic dust storms on Titan

The Cassini mission continues to pay dividends long after its demise as data gathered during its flybys of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, between 2004 and 2017 indicate that the satellite has dust storms. Not only does this make Titan only the third body in the system with dust storms after Earth and Mars, but it's the only one where the dust is made up of complex organic molecules.

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