The largest moon of Saturn contains 1 layer of liquid water

The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) said last week that data from the Cassini spacecraft showed that Saturn's moon Titan could contain a layer of liquid water beneath Titan's ice cover.

>>>NASA: there's liquid on Saturn's Titan moon

Gravimetric measures have revealed internal deformations of the largest moon in Saturn, suggesting the existence of a liquid layer.

Titan world with rivers and lakes

This ocean is thought to be made of water with a depth of several hundred kilometers. Based on Cassini data, this ocean seems to cover the entire Titan moon and lies under 100km of ice.

This convincing evidence was collected from Cassini after six flights through Titan from 2006-2011. Scientists used signals transmitted by Cassini to measure the deformation in Titan's gravitational field.

The data shows something strange happening in the inner part of this moon and as a sign of the presence of liquid water.

Scientists hope to finalize Titan's gravity maps after Cassini's subsequent Titan flyings as planned by 2017.

Titan is now thought to be in the moon 'club' with underground oceans. Other members including Jupiter's moons are Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.

The study was published in the journal Science this week.