Proof aliens have visited Titan, one of Saturn's moons

[Kramodlog]

They left a plastic bottle on the moon.

More seriously, that plastic is of organic origin on Earth. Interesting implications for Saturn's moon.

 

[Dioltach]

Maybe Titan is Saturn's landfill.

 

[jonesy]

After reading the sources that they reference I think a more accurate title would have been: "Nasa scientists finally figure out how to shift through signal noise to detect propene on Titan".

And nowhere does it say anything about coming from Earth. I don't know where you got that from.

 

[Dioltach]

And nowhere does it say anything about coming from Earth. I don't know where you got that from.

I think goldomark meant it to mean, "On Earth, that plastic is of organic origin", which is what the article says.

 

[jonesy]

I think goldomark meant it to mean, "On Earth, that plastic is of organic origin", which is what the article says.

Ah. That does make more sense.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Man, I am starting to get pissed, first they pull Pluto's planet status and now a plastic moon.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Man, I am starting to get pissed, first they pull Pluto's planet status and now a plastic moon.

Oh, I want to hear what you say when Voyager crashes into the solar system borders and burns off a quarter of the night sky paint.

 

[Umbran]

Yes. Note that propene (aka propylene) is not plastic. It is merely one of the important starting components of what we make plastics (like "polypropylene") from.

Propylene has a very simple chemical formula - C3H6. It isn't too terribly surprising to find it someplace you also find methane.

 

[Kramodlog]

I still say its alien trash.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Oh, I want to hear what you say when Voyager crashes into the solar system borders and burns off a quarter of the night sky paint.

See, I can live with that as I have read Philip Jose Farmer's World of Tiers books and it fits with my tin hats stuff.