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Life on Titan’s world of goo
In the August 8 issue of Science, an international team of scientists has a paper that submits evidence of life in an asphalt lake in Trinidad. Despite having a low water content of 13.5%, it still possesses methane-digesting microbes huddled up … Continue reading
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Tagged asphaltene, methane, methanogenic microbes, Neosartorya fischeri, organic chemistry, outgassing, Pitch Lake, Titan
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Life on Titan’s world of goo
In the August 8 issue of Science, an international team of scientists has a paper that submits evidence of life in an asphalt lake in Trinidad. Despite having a low water content of 13.5%, it still possesses methane-digesting microbes huddled up … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged asphaltene, methane, methanogenic microbes, Neosartorya fischeri, organic chemistry, outgassing, Pitch Lake, Titan
Comments Off on Life on Titan’s world of goo