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Saturn’s moon Titan could be the perfect place to host life – Digital Trends
New research suggests that hydrocarbons and liquid water could mix on TItan, creating the perfect petri dish for life to potentially emerge.
An artistic rendering of Kraken Mare, the large liquid methane sea on Saturns moon Titan.NASA/John Glenn Research Center
For life as we know it to flourish, there are two essential ingredients: Organic compounds called hydrocarbons, and liquid water. Saturn’s moon Titan is known to be rich in hydrocarbons and does have water on its surface, but it is so far from the sun and so cold that the liquid water thought to be there is covered with an icy crust. Now, though, new research profiled in Science…
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