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Astro Bob blog: Saturn's moon Titan and Oort Cloud comets share an ancient link

Astronomers have recently discovered that nitrogen in Titan's atmosphere may have originated far from Saturn's womb in the dimly-lit and bitter cold Oort Cloud, ancient birthplace of comets.

930051+Titan and Tethys Cassini pic CROP.jpg — Saturn's moon Titan has a thick atmosphere of nitrogen and hydrocarbons, which form a dense pink haze that hides the surface. The smaller moon Tethys is visible in the background in this photo taken by the Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL

By Robert King

June 24, 2014 at 12:33 PM

Astronomers have recently discovered that nitrogen in Titan's atmosphere may have originated far from Saturn's womb in the dimly-lit and bitter cold Oort Cloud, ancient birthplace of comets.

By Robert King