the cells are the building blocks for
life as we know it we've only found them
on earth but researchers using the Alma
telescope in Chile recently detected
material in the atmosphere of Saturn's
moon Titan which could form exotic
cellular membranes but this wouldn't be
life as we know it on Titan there's not
enough water and it's far too cold to
build cell membranes out of fats like
those on earth instead researchers
modeled how vinyl cyanide might fall
into the methane oceans and form
cellular membranes a hypothetical
foundation for life there if anything is
alive down there on the moon's surface
it could resemble the basic
extremophiles of Earth but you'd also
need everything else that goes inside a
cell membrane to create a viable
organism and even with research from
probes and telescopes we're not sure
there's any of that on Titan scientists
are calling for new lab research to
understand how reactions might play out
on the surface of Titan or maybe
elsewhere better maps from the Alma
telescope might paint a more accurate
picture of where the molecules are
distributed and where we might start
looking more closely for signs of life
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