Plastic Moon: Propylene Detected On Titan | Video

Monday, September 30, 2013 - 12:30 in Astronomy & Space

The main ingredient in industrial plastic number 5, has been detected in the atmosphere of the Saturn moon. The propylene molecule was missing in Voyager 1's probe of the moon in 1980, and had baffled scientists until now.

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