Article: Organic Materials Spotted High Above Titan's Surface.

Article: Cassini finds complex hydrocarbons in ...
AP Worldstream;  April 26, 2005 ;     325 words ... ... California A close flyby of Saturn's big moon Titan by the international Cassini spacecraft ... within 638 miles (1,027 kilometers) of Titan's frozen surface April 16 and discovered a hydrocarbon-laced upper atmosphere. Titan's atmosphere is made up mainly of nitrogen ...

Article: Carving out a niche: Novus is on of the few IOCs prepared to ...
MEED Middle East Economic Digest;  November 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Oman is not on everybody's list of top exploration prospects in the Gulf. Complex geological structures and modest recoverable reserves mean exploring and developing acreage in the sultanate is a risky business. Novus Oman, the local subsidiary of Australia's Novus Petroleum, is one of the few

Article: Scientists Detail Diverse Weather Systems on Titan
The Washington Post;  January 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... presence of liquid methane on Titan's surface, and while the ... described a weather cycle on Titan that begins as methane rises ... apart to form other, more complex hydrocarbons that fall back to Titan's surface as dust. LeBreton ...

Article: Earth's Distant Cousin.(Saturn moon Titan)
U.S. News & World Report;  January 31, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... hydrocarbon-soaked Saturnian moon Titan is: thud. Or perhaps: splat ... of sunlight, forms more-complex hydrocarbons. By some calculations, nearly ... When we were very young. Titan excites scientists because ... with an atmosphere much like Titan's, which means that the ...

Article: Organic materials found in Saturn moon atmosphere
Xinhua News Agency;  April 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... signs of complex hydrocarbons in the outer ... Saturn moon Titan's atmosphere ... atmosphere. Titan is very cold, and complex hydrocarbons would be ... formation of complex hydrocarbons on early ... flyby of Titan. Thirty ...

Article: Japanese May Lose Hayabusa Spacecraft; Engine Fails After ...
The Washington Post;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... unexplained way to cloak Titan in a blanket of smog ... rain to etch rivers in Titan's icy ridges. Scientists ... methane rising high in Titan's atmosphere breaks ... recombines into more complex hydrocarbons that fall to the surface ...

Article: Three for one; Space exploration.(The latest from the solar ...
The Economist (US);  January 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... largest of Saturn's moons. Titan is interesting, in particular ... retain a gaseous cover. But in Titan's case the atmosphere is not ... covered with soot made from more complex hydrocarbons. Titan seems to be a hydrocarbon-rich ...