Mystery of Titan's Windswept Dunes Solved

The mystery of Titan's windswept dunes is finally solved, thanks to a research team at the University of Tennessee, a new study says.

Saturn's largest moon is a peculiar place, with lots of enigmas in its environment and geography. Unlike any other moon, it has a dense atmosphere, not to mention rivers and lakes made up of components of natural gas, such as ethane and methane. Titan's famous disappearing and reappearing "magic island" in the sea known as Legeia Mare is yet another puzzle scientists have struggled to explain in the past.

But possibly the most head-scratching phenomenon of all are the moon's windswept dunes, towering hundreds of feet high, and spanning more than a mile wide and hundreds of miles long. However, previous research has suggested that Titan only experiences light breezes, rather than the gushing winds needed to create such impressive dunes.