Saturn system moves oxygen from Enceladus to Titan

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 00:14 in Astronomy & Space

Complex interactions between Saturn and its satellites have led scientists using NASA's Cassini spacecraft to a comprehensive model that could explain how oxygen may end up on the surface of Saturn's icy moon Titan. The presence of these oxygen atoms could potentially provide the basis for pre-biological chemistry.

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