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July 08, 2016

Chemical Trail Could Lead To Clues About Life On Titan
Ithaca NY (SPX) Jul 08, 2016
NASA's Cassini and Huygens missions have provided a wealth of data about chemical elements found on Saturn's moon Titan, and Cornell scientists have uncovered a chemical trail that suggests prebiotic conditions may exist there. Titan, Saturn's largest moon, features terrain with Earth-like attributes such as lakes, rivers and seas, although filled with liquid methane and ethane instead of water. Its dense atmosphere - a yellow haze - brims with nitrogen and methane. When sunlight hits this toxic a ... read more

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