This is a drawing of the Galileo probe exploring the environment
of Jupiter. Click on image for full size Image from: The Jet
Propulsion Laboratory Can there be Life in the Environment of
Titan? Titan's atmosphere is a lot like the Earth's, except that
it is very cold, from -330 degrees to -290 degrees! Like the
Earth, there is a lot of Nitrogen and other complex molecules.
There also may be an ocean of methane, or perhaps a liquid water
layer inside the moon. Except for the cold, these signs would be
favorable for some sort of life. Some creatures on Earth are
known to live in an environment of very cold water. In the
atmosphere there are layers of clouds composed of complex
molecules such as methane. Moreover there is energy from
ultraviolet light, and the charged particles of the
magnetosphere. This type of environment, aside from the cold, is
the kind of environment in which scientists think life began.
Overall, the environment sounds unfriendly to life as we know it
on earth, because of the cold. Since n