A new finding has been made by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. It has spotted a massive-sized icy cloud at the south pole of Saturn’s moon Titan. It is the first time that such a cloud, which is the part of a cloud system called the south polar vortex, has been spotted there.

After coming to know about the icy cloud, scientists are of the view that winter in the southern hemisphere of Titan will be colder than they have considered before. Carrie Anderson, of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, thinks that the newly spotted feature is a brand new one.

Such a finding is a matter of great excitement for scientists as Titan is considered to be one of the most fascinating moons of Saturn. Except earth, Titan is the only place in the solar system that is known to have stable liquid on its surface.

In fact, many scientists think that Titan can be the best bet to host life. Titan has dense clouds in its dense atmosphere. In 2012, scientists have come to know about a cloud at an altitude of around 186 miles above the Titan’s south pole.

Now, scientists have come to know about one more, which is positioned much lower in the atmosphere. Scientists have been investigating the cloud’s composition using the Cassini’s Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) instrument.

It has been found that the cloud is made up of smog-like compounds of hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen.