New experimental results have cast doubt on earlier proposals suggesting that spherical, cell-like membranes could form in ...

An experiment mimicking conditions on the Saturn moon suggests that cell-like bubbles don’t form in methane lakes, puncturing ...

Titan's large seas and lakes may be influenced by waves, but not the kind you could surf, according to new research. Reading time 3 minutes In 2006, a NASA spacecraft flew by Saturn’s largest moon and ...

A proposed path for life to form on Titan appears to be closed by experiments on how compounds behave under conditions similar to those on Saturn’s largest moon. The work cannot test every potential ...

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, with an impact estimated at 80 times that of CO₂. Although efforts are being made to reduce the contribution of big polluters to methane in Japan, new research from ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures an infrared view of Saturn moon Titan during a November 2015 flyby in this composite image. Credit: NASA / JPL / University of Arizona / University of Idaho Saturn’s ...

Many microorganisms produce methane as a metabolic byproduct. Now researchers have discovered an abiotic process that may have contributed methane to Earth’s atmosphere before life evolved on the ...

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New lab experiments explore whether or not certain rudimentary lifeforms could exist in the hydrocarbon lakes and seas of ...