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The potential for prebiotic chemistry in the possible cryovolcanic dome Ganesa Macula on Titan

Lorenz, R. D.; Neish, C. D.; O'Brien, D. P. +1 more

New observations of Titan by the Cassini spacecraft suggest the presence of cryovolcanism on the surface. Cryovolcanism has important astrobiological implications, as it provides a means of exposing Titan's organics to liquid water, transforming hydrocarbons and nitriles into more evolved and oxidized prebiotic species. One possible cryovolcano - …