Recently researchers have proposed that the presence of methane on Titan (around 5%) may be generated by hydrogen breathing lifeforms. They plan to validate this hypothesis by using gas chromotography data from Huygens'. Microbes should deplete the amount of hydrogen available in their immediate environment which could be potentially identified by GC. As cute and fanciful as it sounds -- and as hopeful that there is life elsewhere -- I think that's just silly. On Titan, the gravity should be so low that hydrogen just escapes hence drop in hydrogen could just be explained by hydrogen escaping from the moon. Wasn't it even Voyager that saw a hydrogen hallow around Titan -- ie, it does escape. Who knows what chemistry is going on there to make it!
Grrr@olyamine is my latest irritation with chemistry...
and moreover Grrr@vibrational modes of 1,2-dichlorobenzene...
Grrr@olyamine is my latest irritation with chemistry...
and moreover Grrr@vibrational modes of 1,2-dichlorobenzene...
Oh, and as for the hydrogen escaping due to the low gravity, that would be expected to be relatively uniform... but if there are pockets where the hydrogen is depleting at a statistically significant rate... well then, we just might have something!
Thatnk you for the welcome