03/28/2017 02:57 PM EDT
Experiments suggest the particles that cover the surface of Saturn's moon, Titan, are "electrically charged." When the wind blows hard enough, Titan's non-silicate granules get kicked up and start to hop in a motion. As they collide, they become frictionally charged, like a balloon rubbing against your hair, and clump together in a way not observed for sand dune grains on Earth--they become resistant to further motion. Source Georgia Institute of Technology
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017
The electric sands of Titan
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