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"The existence of any vesicles on Titan would demonstrate an increase in order and complexity, which are conditions necessary ...
NASA research has shown that cell-like compartments called vesicles could form naturally in the lakes of Saturn's moon Titan.
Titan is unique in our solar system: it's the only world besides Earth known to have stable liquids on its surface.
Some of these amphiphiles can form bilayers, trapping a droplet of liquid inside, even if the outside is also more of the ...
Researchers have discovered that Saturn's moon, Titan, which could support extraterrestrial life, is moving away from the ringed planet 100 times faster than previously believed.
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has several odd weather patterns, including multi-decade polar vortexes and dust storms. A new study has revealed there is a significant difference in the amount of ...
Saturn's moon Titan may have only recently turned hazy, according to two new studies that could spell trouble for the chances of life on the mysterious world. The only moon in the solar system ...
Saturn’s bizarre moon Titan has carbon-based compounds in its atmosphere that may be a precursor to life. The surface of Titan is covered in lakes of hydrocarbons which are toxic to life as we ...
The search for life on Saturn's moon Titan shows that organisms appear to thrive on far less water than conventional wisdom holds is needed to keep microbes active and alive.
Titan has been a particular point of interest for origin-of-life studies because of its atmospheric and geological similarities to Earth. Like Earth, Titan has lakes, rivers and seas.
Saturn's moon Titan was once suggested to possibly contain hidden life inside its huge subsurface ocean, but these hopes may have been scuppered by a new discovery.
NASA’s newest mission will send a giant flying drone to a world unlike any the space agency has visited before: Saturn’s methane-drenched moon, Titan. The Dragonfly spacecraft, set to launch ...