Earth and Titan are surprisingly similar

Some environmental conditions on Saturn's Titan satellite are very similar to Earth in the beginning of life. The new discovery has just been published in two works presented at the International Cosmology Association (IAU), which is taking place in Rio de Janeiro.

Geologist Rosaly Lopes of the fuel laboratory pushed the US space agency (NASA) to confirm ' The surface of the Earth and Titan are surprisingly similar. In fact, this satellite is more similar to Earth than any other solar system object despite the huge temperature difference '.

According to researcher Robert Nelson of NASA's jet propulsion laboratory, Titan satellite has sparked a great interest in science because of its dense atmosphere and the only extraterrestrial object. So far there are reservoirs of liquid on the surface .

These conclusions are the result of the Cassini-Huygens space exploration ship project, a joint project between NASA, the European aerospace agency (ESA) and the Italian aerospace agency (ASI).

Titan Satellite (Photo: NASA)

Currently, Cassini-Huygens radar has captured images of about a third of Saturn's ' moon ' surface and the team is learning more about the changing seasons between Titan.

The similarity between Titan and Earth is that it has sand dunes, formed from cold winds, and rich mountain terrain . Mountain ranges at Titan may have been formed from seismic and tectonic activities when the satellite's crust shrinks into a frozen state (unlike the Earth's crust that is still in a moving phase). ).

Two newly published works also demonstrate the activity of ' cold volcanoes ' at Titan. Unlike the hot magma mechanism on Earth, scientists believe that ' cold volcanoes ' in Titan erupt ice and ammonia gas.