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April 04, 2013

NASA Team Investigates Complex Chemistry At Titan
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 04, 2013
A laboratory experiment at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., simulating the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan suggests complex organic chemistry that could eventually lead to the building blocks of life extends lower in the atmosphere than previously thought. The results now point out another region on the moon that could brew up prebiotic materials. The paper was published in Nature Communications this week. "Scientists previously thought that as we got closer to the surface of ... read more

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