WEIRD MOLECULE DISCOVERED IN TITAN’S ATMOSPHERE: IS THERE LIFE ON SATURN’S SATELLITE
Are we alone in the Universe? One simple question that fascinates thousands and thousands of people. Think about the multitude of scientific fictions produced in the last 50 years, hundreds of tv series dealing with strange beings coming from the furthest places in our galaxy. Looking for other living organisms in space is one of the most extraordinary tasks everyone would love to accomplish.
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One of the latest news revealed by NASA research group working with ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array), a radio-telescope in Northern Chile, has recently shocked the scientific community, suggesting the possibility of future life on Titan, one of the most famous satellites of Saturn. This simple carbon-based molecule could be a precursor that contributes to chemical reactions that may create complex compounds. And those compounds could be the basis for potential life on Titan.
But what does it really mean? What did they discover? Why is it linked with the possibility of finding life on Titan? And how is it really like to search for life with a scientific team? We’ll answer these and other questions in the following video, so, if you are interested, stick with me and I’ll tell you everything in a moment.
Like I was previously saying, the research of life form in space is a bit different from what you can imagine from articles describing observations of UFO or other paranormal events. In recent years a whole new branch of Astronomy has developed, its name is Astrobiology. Practically, it’s an interdisciplinary scientific field which focuses on origins, early evolution and distribution of life in the Universe.
After having introduced this discipline, let’s directly move towards the main point of this video: what was recently discovered on Titan’s atmosphere?
Scientists discovered a really strange molecule never detected in other atmospheres which is called cyclopropenylidene or C2H3.
But why is it so unexpected and important? How could they detect its presence? In order to answer these questions let’s make a little step-back.
What is Titan? It’s the most famous and the largest satellite of Saturn. With its 2 574 km of radius, he’s the second bigger moon of the entire solar system. To understand this value, just think that this satellite is bigger than Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun. Discovered by the famous physicists Christiaan Huygens in 1655, Titan is an object of several astronomical studies. Why? Because, today, it’s the main candidate for hosting life in a different place from our Earth. If you want to know more about Titan check other two videos we have published here on Insane Curiosity.
The largest of Saturn’s 62 moons, Titan is an intriguing world that’s in some ways the most similar one to Earth we have found. Unlike any other moon in the solar system — there are more than 200 — Titan has a thick atmosphere that’s four times denser than Earth’s, plus clouds, rain, lakes and rivers, and even a subsurface ocean of salty water. As a matter of fact, it is the only place (except for Earth) with evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid that has been found. The presence of liquid water on its surface remained unknown until the Cassini-Huygens mission in 2004 made possible to see under the thick atmosphere which was hiding every possible information about the composition of the ground. Surprisingly, Titan is full of underground oceans, covered by a thick layer of ice crust. Absolutely amazing!
Titan’s characteristics color is given by the organonitrogen abundance in the atmosphere. Together with a hint of methane, this is the principal component of Titan’s atmosphere.
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