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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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What life on Earth tells us about life ‘elsewhere’
In 1950, the physicist Enrico Fermi asked a question not many could forget for a long time: “Where is everybody?” He was referring to the notion that, given the age and size of the universe, advanced civilizations ought to have arisen in … Continue reading
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Tagged astrobiology, Carl Sagan, Enceladus, Enrico Fermi, exoplanets, extrasolar systems, hydrocarbons, life, Saturn, starstuff, Titan
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