Sacrificial Ram
April 28th 2005, 06:05 PM
Scientists were interested in the atmosphere of Titan, because they believed that it would give a glimpse into the atmosphere of the early earth. They recently were able to probe it, and were surprised that it contained complex organic material.
This strengthens the concept that the early earth was a 'primorial soup'. It isn't direct evidence of a complex orangic material mixture on the earth, but it is direct evidence that such materials will form in what is though to have been the intial atmosphere of earth.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/26/cassini.titan.ap/index.html
This strengthens the concept that the early earth was a 'primorial soup'. It isn't direct evidence of a complex orangic material mixture on the earth, but it is direct evidence that such materials will form in what is though to have been the intial atmosphere of earth.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/26/cassini.titan.ap/index.html