Titan’s organic world
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, possesses a dense N2–CH4 atmosphere driving complex organic chemistry. The interplay among photochemistry, aerosol formation, organic cloud condensation, and surface deposition makes Titan a natural laboratory for studying organic reaction networks and assessing the environmental conditions relevant to habitability on a cold, molecularly rich world.
Authors
- Bruno de Batz de Trenquelléon
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Observatoire de Paris (FR)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Sorbonne Paris Cité (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2026-05-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72264-4
- Primary Topic
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique