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- Apr 11, 2008
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They discovered clues that primitive aliens are breathing its atmosphere and feeding on fuel at the surface. Orbiting spacecraft Cassini probed the complex surface of Titan - the solar system's only moon known to have a dense atmosphere. Organic chemicals, like methane, had already been detected on the 3,200-mile-wide moon. Scientists expect life there to be methane-based - instead of water-based like human beings. Research in science publication Icarus shows that hydrogen gas flowing down through Titan's atmosphere disappears at the surface - suggesting it could be being breathed by alien bugs. Another paper in the Journal of Geophysical Research reports a lack of the acetylene on the surface, leading boffins to believe it may be being consumed as food. The Open University's Prof John Zarnecki said: "We believe the chemistry is there for life to form. It just needs heat and warmth."
links
http://arstechnica.com/sc...ng-titans-atmosphere.ars
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/n...190&cid=release_2010-190
http://www.telegraph.co.u...sts-on-Saturns-moon.html
http://www.newscientist.c...ound-on-saturn-moon.html
links
http://arstechnica.com/sc...ng-titans-atmosphere.ars
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/n...190&cid=release_2010-190
http://www.telegraph.co.u...sts-on-Saturns-moon.html
http://www.newscientist.c...ound-on-saturn-moon.html