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The surface of Titan as viewed from the Huygens lander. Tholins are suspected to be the source of the reddish color of both the surface and the atmosp
The surface of Titan as viewed from the Huygens lander. Tholins are suspected to be the source of the reddish color of both the surface and the atmospheric haze.
Linear fractures on Europa's surface, likely colored by tholins.
Linear fractures on Europa's surface, likely colored by tholins.
The trailing hemisphere of Saturn's moon Rhea is covered with tholins.
The trailing hemisphere of Saturn's moon Rhea is covered with tholins.
Close-up view of Sputnik Planitia on Pluto as viewed by the New Horizons spacecraft, showing nitrogen ice glaciers and reddish-colored tholins.
Close-up view of Sputnik Planitia on Pluto as viewed by the New Horizons spacecraft, showing nitrogen ice glaciers and reddish-colored tholins.
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Portrait photograph of Alexander Oparin
Portrait photograph of Alexander Oparin
Stanley Miller in 1999, posed with an apparatus like that used in the original experiment
Stanley Miller in 1999, posed with an apparatus like that used in the original experiment
The surface of Titan as viewed from the Huygens lander. Tholins, complex particles formed by UV irradiation on the N2 and CH4 atmosphere, are likely t
The surface of Titan as viewed from the Huygens lander. Tholins, complex particles formed by UV irradiation on the N2 and CH4 atmosphere, are likely the source of the reddish haze.
Conceptual figure from Wogan et al. (2023) depicting three stages phases of atmospheric chemistry after a large asteroid impact on the Hadean Earth. I
Conceptual figure from Wogan et al. (2023) depicting three stages phases of atmospheric chemistry after a large asteroid impact on the Hadean Earth. In phase 1, the impactor vaporizes the ocean, and H2 is generated after iron delivered by the impactor reacts with hot steam. In phase 2, H2 reacts with CO2 to produce CH4 while the atmosphere cools for thousands of years and steam condenses to an ocean. Phase 3 represents the Miller-Urey atmosphere that persists for millions of years, where N