Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News
  • Published:

Titanic life may bloom without water

Hydrocarbon seas on Saturn's moon could be a solvent for biological molecules.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. BennerS. A., RicardoA. & CarriganM. A. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol., 8. 672 - 689 (2004).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. HudsonR. L. & MooreM. H. Icarus, 172. 466 - 478 (2004).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Authors

Additional information

University of Florida, Gainesville

Related links

Related links

Related links in Nature Research

Titan Special

Related external links

Cassini-Huygens

ESA

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Ball, P. Titanic life may bloom without water. Nature (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/news050131-2

Download citation

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news050131-2

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing