Is Saturn's Titan Producing DNA in its Atmosphere Without Water? Experts Say "Yes"

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Just because Titan's atmosphere is creating these molecules doesn't mean that the molecules are combining to form life, caution the researchers from the US and France who conducted the experiments. But the results could prompt astrobiologists to consider a wider range of extrasolar planets as potential hosts for at least simple forms of organic life, the team of scientists from the US and France suggests.
Moreover, the results could offer greater insight into how life on Earth formed.

How Titan might be making DNA building blocks - CSMonitor.com
 
Just because Titan's atmosphere is creating these molecules doesn't mean that the molecules are combining to form life, caution the researchers from the US and France who conducted the experiments. But the results could prompt astrobiologists to consider a wider range of extrasolar planets as potential hosts for at least simple forms of organic life, the team of scientists from the US and France suggests.
Moreover, the results could offer greater insight into how life on Earth formed.

How Titan might be making DNA building blocks - CSMonitor.com

Fascinating. Thanks.
 
Looks like a excellent place to put on the roster of must send a very complete science lab. One that could send down several probes to analyze the components of that atmosphere.
 
Looks like a excellent place to put on the roster of must send a very complete science lab. One that could send down several probes to analyze the components of that atmosphere.

Clearly, but then we already knew that. Titan is the most likely place to find life inside our galaxy out side of earth.
 
Most likely by what we know now. Mama nature has a habit of handing us surprises. The ecosytems of the rift zones are an excellent example of that.
 
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