A Titan Discovery
NASA scientist Maureen Palmer narrates this video about the definitive detection of acrylonitrile on Titan.
Music Provided by Killer Tracks: "A Look Ahead" - Matthew St Laurent.
NASA Goddard scientists have made an exciting discovery on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The team has definitively detected the molecule acrylonitrile in Titan's atmosphere - a finding that has astrobiological relevance.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Producer
- David Ladd (USRA)
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Animators
- Michael Lentz (USRA)
- Lisa Poje (USRA)
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Scientists
- Maureen Palmer (Science Collaborator)
- Conor Nixon (NASA/GSFC)
- Martin Cordiner (Catholic University of America)
Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, July 28, 2017.
This page was last updated on Monday, January 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM EST.
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