I-saturn enkulu kakhulu ye-satellite - i-Titan ingenye yezindawo ezinelukuluku kakhulu kulo lonke uhlelo lwelanga kanye nenye yezinhloso ezithembisa kakhulu zokufuna impilo. Njengasemhlabeni, kunobunzima, obunothile emkhathini we-nitrogen, amafu achithwa ngezimvula, imifula ingena olwandle olujulile. Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yokususwa okukhulu okuvela elangeni, izinga lokushisa in titanium liphansi kakhulu, ngakho-ke, kwakhiwa amafu angenamanzi, kepha nge-hydrocarbons elula kunazo zonke - okokuqala kwawo wonke ama-methane.
Ukuphakamisa emkhathini, kuxutshwe ne-nitrogen namanye amagesi, futhi ngaphansi kwesenzo semisebe yelanga, kuza ekuphenduleni nabo, kwakha inhlanganisela yezinhlanganisela eziyinkimbinkimbi ze-organic - amathuluzi. Batholakala emizimbeni eminingi yohlelo lwangaphandle lwelanga, lapho kulapho iqhwa le-methane, "ehlobisa" ngamabala abo ansundu ansundu. Amaconsi amancane walezi zinto ahlala ekhokhiswa emkhathini weTitan, okwenza kwavela kabi. Kukholakala ukuthi "umoya" wezwe osemusha wawufana njalo ngaphambi kokuqala kwamagciwane e-photosynthesings aqala ukuguqula ukwakheka kwawo.
Konke lokhu kudonsela ukunaka okukhethekile kososayensi ku-Titan Atmosphere, yize ngisho neqoqo lama-molecule abumba inkungu yakhe namanje alaziwa kabi. Ososayensi abavela egatsheni lase-Europe lase-Ibm bakwazile ukubathola okokuqala elabhorethri basungule ukwakheka kwamakhulu amathuluzi ayinkimbinkimbi, bahlolisise ngokuqondile ngesimo esikhulu se-athomu. Ochwepheshe babikwe esihlokweni esishicilelwe ezincwadini ze-astrophysical ze-Astrophysical, kanye naku-Blog Off of IBM Research.
Abalobi bomsebenzi bagcwalisa ithangi lensimbi ngenhlanganisela ye-methane ne-nitrogen, ngemuva kwalokho bavuselela ukusabela phakathi kwabo besebenzisa ukukhishwa kukagesi. Amagesi atholwe aqandisiwe futhi afakwa endaweni engama-microscope yamandla enuzi ukuthola izithombe ngokulungiswa kwe-athomu. Lokhu kwenze ukuthi kwenzeke ukuthola ukwakheka kwabo nokulandela amaketanga amaningi okuguqulwa okuqala nge-methane. "Izinhlaka ezinjalo zaziwa ngeqiniso lokuthi zitholwe kahle ukukhanya kwe-ultraviolet, zibhala ososayensi. "Lokhu, nakho, kusho ukuthi inkungu ingavikela imisebe ye-molecule ye-DNA ebusweni bomhlaba wokuqala."
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