Saturn’s moon Titan is the only place in the solar system (besides Earth) with liquid lakes on its surface. But don’t expect to go for a swim—these lakes are filled with liquid methane and ethane, not water. Titan’s thick atmosphere and frigid temperatures (-179°C / -290°F) allow these alien seas to exist, creating a strange, Earth-like landscape in an entirely different chemical world.
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