What is Consuming Hydrogen and Acetylene on Titan?

Message boards : SETI@home Science : What is Consuming Hydrogen and Acetylene on Titan?
Message board moderation

To post messages, you must log in.

AuthorMessage
Profile perryjay
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Aug 02
Posts: 3377
Credit: 20,676,751
RAC: 0
United States
Message 1001595 - Posted: 7 Jun 2010, 22:12:50 UTC

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/titan20100603.html

PASADENA, Calif. - Two new papers based on data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft scrutinize the complex chemical activity on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan. While non-biological chemistry offers one possible explanation, some scientists believe these chemical signatures bolster the argument for a primitive, exotic form of life or precursor to life on Titan's surface. According to one theory put forth by astrobiologists, the signatures fulfill two important conditions necessary for a hypothesized "methane-based life."


PROUD MEMBER OF Team Starfire World BOINC
ID: 1001595 · Report as offensive

Message boards : SETI@home Science : What is Consuming Hydrogen and Acetylene on Titan?


 
©2024 University of California
 
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.