NASA's Cassini spacecraft on voyage to Saturn and its moons for the Cassini-Huygen mission determined existence of oceans and rivers on Saturn's moon Titan during the past two weeks. The Huygen probe has reported that there are rivers and seas made of liquid methane rather than water on the moon. While at the same time another study suspects that there is an ocean of water with a little bit of ammonia 62 km below Titan's icy surface. The evidence for this ocean layer is that the surface of the moon seems to have been sliding around the core over the years. Furthermore, scientists have hopes that the evidence of organic molecules on the moon in combination with the ocean layer and planetlike atmosphere of the moon could help unlock the mysteries to the evolution of life.
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