Titan's atmosphere and climate

SM Hörst - Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Titan is the only moon with a substantial atmosphere, the only other thick N2 atmosphere
besides Earth's, the site of extraordinarily complex atmospheric chemistry that far surpasses …

[HTML][HTML] Science goals and objectives for the Dragonfly Titan rotorcraft relocatable lander

JW Barnes, EP Turtle, MG Trainer… - The Planetary …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
NASA's Dragonfly mission will send a rotorcraft lander to the surface of Titan in the mid-
2030s. Dragonfly's science themes include investigation of Titan's prebiotic chemistry …

The pale orange dot: the spectrum and habitability of hazy Archean Earth

G Arney, SD Domagal-Goldman, VS Meadows… - Astrobiology, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Recognizing whether a planet can support life is a primary goal of future exoplanet spectral
characterization missions, but past research on habitability assessment has largely ignored …

An aromatic universe–A physical chemistry perspective

RI Kaiser, N Hansen - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2021 - ACS Publications
This Perspective presents recent advances in our knowledge of the fundamental elementary
mechanisms involved in the low-and high-temperature molecular mass growth processes to …

[HTML][HTML] Astrochemistry and astrobiology: materials science in wonderland?

M d'Ischia, P Manini, M Moracci, R Saladino… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Astrochemistry and astrobiology, the fascinating disciplines that strive to unravel the origin of
life, have opened unprecedented and unpredicted vistas into exotic compounds as well as …

Pale orange dots: the impact of organic haze on the habitability and detectability of Earthlike exoplanets

GN Arney, VS Meadows… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Hazes are common in known planetary atmospheres, and geochemical evidence suggests
that early Earth occasionally supported an organic haze with significant environmental and …

Low-temperature formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Titan's atmosphere

L Zhao, RI Kaiser, B Xu, U Ablikim, M Ahmed… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The detection of benzene in Titan's atmosphere led to the emergence of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) as potential nucleation agents triggering the growth of Titan's orange …

Gas-phase synthesis of benzene via the propargyl radical self-reaction

L Zhao, W Lu, M Ahmed, MV Zagidullin… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been invoked in fundamental molecular
mass growth processes in our galaxy. We provide compelling evidence of the formation of …

[HTML][HTML] Unconventional excited-state dynamics in the concerted benzyl (C7H7) radical self-reaction to anthracene (C14H10)

RI Kaiser, L Zhao, W Lu, M Ahmed… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are prevalent in deep space and on Earth as
products in combustion processes bearing direct relevance to energy efficiency and …

Organic haze as a biosignature in anoxic Earth-like atmospheres

G Arney, SD Domagal-Goldman, VS Meadows - Astrobiology, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Early Earth may have hosted a biologically mediated global organic haze during the
Archean eon (3.8–2.5 billion years ago). This haze would have significantly impacted …