44 month ago
jkottke : Cassini spacecraft finds complex hydrocarbons in the atmosphere of Titan
plasticbag : NASA Cassini Identifies Organic Materials High Above Titan's Surface - Scientists believe that Titan's atmosphere may be a laboratory for studying the organic chemistry that preceded life and provided the building blocks for life on Earth.
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plasticbag : A stunning and beautifully exotic story of an alien moon - "Liquid methane rain feeds river channels, lakes, streams, and springs on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan, images from the Huygens probe show..."
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47 month ago
plasticbag : A coloured image of the surface of Titan - I don't really understand this stuff - I don't really see why you couldn't take a colour photo. Surely people on earth want to see what it would be like to experience Titan directly?
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47 month ago
plasticbag : Composite image of the surface of Titan from Huygens' descent to the moon - At first glance it really does look like a coastline and some form of liquid sea. I love this stuff. I was gutted when the Beagle 2 failed. Totally gutted.
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