The Sunday Guardian

Saturn’s moon is the next habitat

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NEW YORK: While the world eyes the mission to Mars, a new paper in Journal of Astrobiolo­gy & Outreach suggests that humans should instead establish a colony on Titan, the moon of Saturn, which has been likened to an early Earth, and which may harbor signs of “life not as we know it,” reported NASA on its website says, “In many respects, Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is one of the most Earth-like worlds we have found to date. With its thick atmosphere and organic-rich chemistry, Titan resembles a frozen version of Earth, several billion years ago, before life began pumping oxygen into our atmosphere.” However, it is to be noted that Titan could have signs of prebiotic life, but still it is not Earth. Basically, Titan is a moon covered in an orange cloud and its atmosphere is not human-friendly. On a positive note, its gravity is walkable and radiation is less than on Mars due to its thick clouds.

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