By studying the relationship between atmosphere and terrain, researchers hope to learn more about the evolution oflifein its earliest stages, and inspire curious minds to turn their eyes toward Titan.
The human race has almost all the tools it needs to continue leading much the sort oflife it has been enjoying without causing a net increase in greenhouse-gas concentrations intheatmosphere.
The House ofthe Seven Gables was also made famous in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1851 novel, which brings to lifethe gloomy Puritan atmosphereof early New England.
One key element in searching for life on Mars is the presence of methane inthe Martian atmosphere As a simple carbon compound, methane is often a precursor to the formation ofthe complex organic chemicals that make life possible.
We will learn more about how the solar system formed, where Earth' water and organics originated and how life might be sustained in places far from our Earth's atmosphere and expand the boundaries of human exploration.