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Titan’s icy surface hides a chemical mystery that could explain how life began
For decades, chemistry students have learned a simple truth: polar and nonpolar substances don’t mix. Water and oil stay ...
Scientists have found that on Titan, substances that should remain separate can actually combine under freezing conditions. NASA and Chalmers University researchers discovered that hydrogen cyanide ...
Titan’s harsh chemistry breaks basic rules, offering new clues about how life’s building blocks might form in space.
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NASA Captured This Image on Titan in 2005 — 20 Years Later, It’s Still a Scientific Puzzle No One’s Been Able to Solve
On a pale morning in January 2005, a metallic object the size of a dishwasher descended through the thick haze of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Moving at just over four meters per second, the Huygens ...
6 August 2009, Rio de Janeiro: Saturn’s haze-enshrouded moon Titan turns out to have much in common with Earth in the way that weather and geology shape its terrain, according to two pieces of ...
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, represents one of the most intriguing bodies in the Solar System, with its dense, nitrogen-rich atmosphere intermingled with significant quantities of methane and complex ...
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Oct. 26, 2004: Cassini at Titan
On Oct. 26, 2004, the Cassini spacecraft made its first close pass by Saturn's planet-size moon, Titan (later known as Titan ...
The first radar images of Saturn’s moon Titan show a very complex geological surface that may be relatively young. Previously, Titan’s surface was hidden behind a veil of thick haze. “Unveiling Titan ...
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