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Post #AtUGsbsT1Cd81X9RMO by [email protected] |
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#astrobiology thread time!A paper came out a few weeks ago about "habitabi… |
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"Habitability" is one of the most misused words in astrobiology. It i… |
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Here are some numbers for comparison, in microbes per cm3 volume:Theoretical ma… |
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Post #AtUGsdhYEl5RgG3kci by [email protected] |
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In the Titan habitability calculation, we estimated the total amount of cell ma… |
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If you dilute that out over the whole subsurface ocean, it give you numbers aro… |
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Post #AtUGserVvCeNHRjDn6 by [email protected] |
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We only considered glycine fermentation. There are lots of other molecules that… |
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An analogy is that 1 person can live on 1 frozen pizza a day. So if you go int… |
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Another thing is where are all those cells. Are they gonna be swimming around i… |
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In micropockets, you can get concentration effects of about 1E6 as ice grains s… |
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Post #AtUGsh53fofmA254BE by [email protected] |
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But the really big news (that got missed in the hype) is that TITAN IS HABITABL… |
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Post #AtUGshaxlCC3kz0XuS by [email protected] |
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The other recurring theme is that we need to improve planetary instrumentation … |
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Post #AtUJ8TG12GchpXrBOy by [email protected] |
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@mike_malaska I get the focus on the subsurface water ocean as we have a better… |
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Post #AtUJ8TMOeXjA9KqHLc by [email protected] |
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@Aaron_DeVries Imma push back on this way hard.Cryogenic methane is a truly lou… |
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Post #AtUJ8TTUEBOmVK9wOm by [email protected] |
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@mike_malaska oh I know it's incredibly unlikely and biochemicaly dubious. … |
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Post #AtUJ8TZVrmDeo0yknA by [email protected] |
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@Aaron_DeVries Floating in Kraken Mare and looking for life has its own issues.… |
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Post #AtUJ8TfXVN2X6hnZBY by [email protected] |
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@mike_malaska - the methane/ethane lakes of Titan *are* a wet blanket. |
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Post #AtUW4mCNy78ip1jAIq by [email protected] |
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@mike_malaska @MandyMay The poor dog. He would be very lonely ๐คช |
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Post #AtUW4mLbPqVpHc2WfY by [email protected] |
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@jknodlseder @mike_malaska @MandyMayWe should definitely fun a mission to rescu… |
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@Thalass @jknodlseder @mike_malaska @MandyMay Should we assume the dog is perfe… |
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Post #AtUW5LG9c5wzYqlAXI by [email protected] |
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@mike_malaska On here at @profabelmendez . |
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Post #AtUWEJ3z9Ga9M7LIlE by [email protected] |
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@mike_malaska TIL brinicle, thank you! ๐https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brin… |
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Post #AtUWEnfFNIDIGN0U0O by [email protected] |
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@mike_malaska So I can now start a conversation with, "Did you hear about … |
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Post #AtUWEnn2uIS4eYeiA4 by [email protected] |
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@teledyn @mike_malaska YES BUT WHAT IS HIS NAME CAN I PET HIM? |
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Post #AtUWGtFtYfB6BO94XQ by [email protected] |
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@mike_malaska nothing wrong with heavy skepticism on these topics, I naturally … |
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@mike_malaska Have you or others done similar analysis for Europa and Enceladus? |
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Post #AtUWZFfQyBmou8qXL6 by [email protected] |
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@teledyn You need a good punchline to follow that. |
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@mike_malaska forgive me if this is a silly question, but surely the rate of s… |
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@a_fine_day Yup. we were using Glycine injections via surface impact crater fou… |
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@mike_malaska I would prefer it to be azulene. Improbable but maybe once in a B… |
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@pauldrye @teledyn We can call him "Spot". |
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Post #AtUWgG4FsbW4AnnUHY by [email protected] |
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@mike_malaska I like to imagine an entire civilization of intelligent microbes … |
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Post #AtUWmQiXCIiIwLa36G by [email protected] |
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@mike_malaska ๐๐๐ป |
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Post #AtUWpJOsrGLz7ElNp2 by [email protected] |
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@ranjit ooooh! Sci-Fi story idea right there! |
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Post #AtUWvBShHngcETLZIm by [email protected] |
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@mike_malaska > We (am one of the co-authors) found that Titan's chemist… |
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@AkaSci Not I, but Antonin Affholder (the lead author of our effort) did it for… |
