28-07-2017 20:00 via theverge.com

Saturn’s moon Titan has a key ingredient that could be used to cook up life

Saturn’s moon Titan harbors a key chemical ingredient that may allow organisms to exist on this distant, chilly world. Astronomers have spotted a molecule in Titan’s atmosphere that could be instrumental in the formation of cells, which are a crucial building block of life. That means the molecule — and possibly some form of cellular life — might be located on the moon’s surface as well.
Researchers have suspected for a while that Titan might have this compound, cal
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