Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

Unexpected Mixture of Hydrogen Cyanide and Hydrocarbons May Exist on Saturn’s Moon Titan


Titan offers great motivation for the detailed study of organic chemistry in unconventional conditions.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on Sci-News

Read more on:

Photo of Saturn

Saturn

Photo of moon Titan

moon Titan

Photo of hydrogen cyanide

hydrogen cyanide

Related news:

News photo

Chemistry on Saturn's huge moon Titan is even weirder than we thought

News photo

Fresh Ice From Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Reveals Stunning New Clues to Life

News photo

Scientists at NASA-JPL and Chalmers just discovered that incompatible substances can mix on Titan's icy surface, breaking the 'like dissolves like' rule of chemistry | Under ultra-cool conditions, hydrogen cyanide formed stable crystals with ethane and methane.