Early Forms of Cells Could Form in The Lakes of Saturn's Moon Titan

Early Forms of Cells Could Form in The Lakes of Saturn's Moon Titan

When NASA's upcoming Dragonfly probe skims the lakes of Saturn's moon Titan, it may encounter a froth akin to Earth's first signs of life, a new study suggests. Titan is strikingly similar to Earth in some respects. Like the planet we call home, its surface is covered with large lakes and seas of liquid. And, much like the water cycle on Earth, Titan's liquids – formed of hydrocarbons like methane and ethane – cycle between sky and shore, evapor…

In the Titan lakes possible cell -like vesicles - Global Happenings

Similar vesicles to the precursors from the cell they could form spontaneously in the freezing lakes and in seas Of hydrocarbons present on the surface of Titanthe largest moon in Saturn as well as the second largest in the Solar System: it indicates it Study of NASA Published on International Journal of Astrobiology. Starting from the current knowledge on the atmosphere and chemistry of Titan, the researchers have tried to reconstruct the hypot…