The discovery of a specific component in the atmosphere of Titan, one
of the moons of Saturn, revives the question of a life form that could
possibly have adapted to this world of methane.
Initially
detected by the Cassini probe during its exploration of Saturn but
without really being able to confirm its presence, acrylonitrile is an
organic compound whose presence in large quantity was finally confirmed
in the atmosphere of Titan, one of the moons Of the planet from the Earth thanks to the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array) observatory in Chile.
Its presence is interesting because it constitutes a good candidate to
constitute the membrane of life forms that could possibly have
developed in liquid oceans of methane.
--In a world of methane, acrylonitrile would be the most lipid-like component of terrestrial cellular organisms adapted to the presence of water, based on computer simulations carried out in 2015.
Present in the atmosphere, acrylonitrile could also be found on the surface of Titan and the moon of Saturn thus remains a relevant choice to hope eventually to find an extraterrestrial life form.
The confirmed presence of this component absolutely does not mean that there is a form of life on Saturn's moon or even that it plays a role in a possible extraterrestrial life but it is a starting point to dig deeper, Site The Verge.
Acrylonitrile has been seen in the upper layers of the titanium atmosphere and it remains to be demonstrated that it is also present in surface methane lakes. Methane would also follow Titan's cycle similar to that of water on Earth, with evaporation and formation of droplets in the atmosphere that would then fall back as rain.
In theory, this makes it easier to create acrylonitrile membranes. But it remains to demonstrate that they exist indeed on Titan ...
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--In a world of methane, acrylonitrile would be the most lipid-like component of terrestrial cellular organisms adapted to the presence of water, based on computer simulations carried out in 2015.
Present in the atmosphere, acrylonitrile could also be found on the surface of Titan and the moon of Saturn thus remains a relevant choice to hope eventually to find an extraterrestrial life form.
The confirmed presence of this component absolutely does not mean that there is a form of life on Saturn's moon or even that it plays a role in a possible extraterrestrial life but it is a starting point to dig deeper, Site The Verge.
Acrylonitrile has been seen in the upper layers of the titanium atmosphere and it remains to be demonstrated that it is also present in surface methane lakes. Methane would also follow Titan's cycle similar to that of water on Earth, with evaporation and formation of droplets in the atmosphere that would then fall back as rain.
In theory, this makes it easier to create acrylonitrile membranes. But it remains to demonstrate that they exist indeed on Titan ...
Source : The Verge
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