The international Cassini-Huygens mission has made a surprising detection of a molecule that is instrumental in the production of complex organics within the hazy atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan. Titan […]
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Carbon Chain Anions and the Growth of Complex Organic Molecules in Titan's Ionosphere
Cassini discovered a plethora of neutral and ionised molecules in Titan’s ionosphere including, surprisingly, anions and negatively charged molecules extending up to 13,800 u/q. In this letter we forward model […]
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Laboratory Analogues Simulating Titan's Atmospheric Aerosols
Two sorts of solid organic samples can be produced in laboratory experiments simulating Titan atmospheric reactivity: grains in the volume and thin films on the reactor walls. We expect that […]
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Aerosols Optical Properties in Titan's Detached Haze Layer Before the Equinox
UV observations with Cassini ISS Narrow Angle Camera of Titan’s detached haze is an excellent tool to probe its aerosols content without being affected by the gas or the multiple […]
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Titan's Lakes May Erupt Bubbles of Nitrogen
A recent NASA-funded study has shown how the hydrocarbon lakes and seas of Saturn’s moon Titan might occasionally erupt with dramatic patches of bubbles. For the study, researchers at NASA’s […]
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Titan's Atmosphere and Climate
Titan is the only moon with a substantial atmosphere, the only other thick N2 atmosphere besides Earth’s, the site of extraordinarily complex atmospheric chemistry that far surpasses any other solar […]
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The Near-surface Methane Humidity on Titan
We retrieve vertical and meridional variations of methane mole fraction in Titan’s lower troposphere by re-analyzing near-infrared ground-based observations from 17 July 2014 UT (Adamkovics et al., 2016). We generate […]
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A New Astrobiological Model of the Atmosphere of Titan
We present results of an investigation into the formation of nitrogen-bearing molecules in the atmosphere of Titan. We extend a previous model (Li et al. 2015, 2016) to cover the […]
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Hydrogen Cyanide Linked To Potential Prebiotic Conditions on Titan
NASA’s Cassini and Huygen’s missions have provided a wealth of data about chemical elements found on Saturn’s moon Titan, and Cornell scientists have uncovered a chemical trail that suggests prebiotic […]
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A Closer Look At Titan's Methane Seas
Saturn’s largest moon is covered in seas and lakes of liquid hydrocarbons and one sea has now been found to be filled with pure methane, with a seabed covered by […]