Microscope Images Of Molecules Which Give Distant Planetoids Their Red Colour

Microscope Images Of Molecules Which Give Distant Planetoids Their Red Colour

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Over the weekend this paper was released where scientists attempted to build images of the molecules which form the smog in Titan's atmosphere:
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/abd93e

These are a class of organic molecules referred to ad 'Tholins', and they're generated from simple inputs common in the universe by subjecting them to radiation over time. And they're commonly found on the surface of distant solar system bodies, giving them orange and red colouration.



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