Saturn Moon Titan Has Molecules That Could Help Make 'Membranes' for Cells

Friday, July 28, 2017 - 14:02 in Astronomy & Space

Titan's thick atmosphere contains large quantities of vinyl cyanide molecules, which could conceivably form cell-like membranes in the liquid-hydrocarbon seas that dot the frigid moon's surface, a new study reports.

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