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A four-billion-year-old catastrophe: the origin of Titan's nitrogen atmosphere

Release:May 25, 2011
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Titan, Saturn's largest satellite, is the only body in the solar system other than Earth with a thick nitrogen atmosphere and liquid (methane) lakes on its surface. However, it remains a mystery how and when Titan's Earth-like surface environment was formed.