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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Sun Mar 1, 2015, 01:18 PM Mar 2015

Life 'not as we know it' possible on Saturn's moon Titan

Life 'not as we know it' possible on Saturn's moon Titan

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A new type of methane-based, oxygen-free life form that can metabolize and reproduce similar to life on Earth has been modeled. It is theorized to have a cell membrane, composed of small organic nitrogen compounds and capable of functioning in liquid methane temperatures of 292 degrees below zero.

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Life 'not as we know it' possible on Saturn's moon Titan (Original Post) Panich52 Mar 2015 OP

Cool. stone space Mar 2015 #1

That's an understatement. nt Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #2

stone space

(6,498 posts)

1. Cool.

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Sun Mar 1, 2015, 01:37 PM

Mar 2015

It is theorized to have a cell membrane, composed of small organic nitrogen compounds and capable of functioning in liquid methane temperatures of 292 degrees below zero.

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

2. That's an understatement. nt

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Sun Mar 1, 2015, 02:54 PM

Mar 2015

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