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Titan's dense atmosphere could have resulted from the 'cooking' of organics in its interior

24 January 2019 • 2 min read

Atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon Titan is even thicker than the Earth's

A new study by scientists from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) suggests that the nitrogen-rich atmosphere on Saturn's moon Titan could be a result of the "cooking of organic material" in th...

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