extraterrestrial organic molecules

Findings hint that prebiotic chemistry is universal.

While studying the atmosphere on Saturn’s moon Titan, scientists discovered intriguing zones of organic molecules unexpectedly shifted away from its north and south poles. These misaligned features seem to defy conventional thinking about Titan’s windy atmosphere, which should quickly smear out such off-axis concentrations.

An important discovery has been made concerning the possible inventory of molecules available to the early Earth.