Titan may host prebiotic brew

Evidence from flybys suggests the Saturnian moon’s environment is similar to that of the early Earth

Saturn’s moon Titan has an environment that resembles Earth’s at the time that life first got a foothold, new findings from the Cassini spacecraft suggest.

FRESH AMMONIA This infrared image shows a region on Titan known as Hotei Arcus, where the Cassini spacecraft has observed changes in brightness over the past four years.