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Titan has geological features that are somewhat similar to those found on Earth, with seas, lakes and sweeping dunes.  Unlike the Earth, however, the temperature hardly varies, sitting at a constant value of around 92K.In addition, the surface composition is quite different to the Earth, and dominated by molecular materials, much of which are photochemically produced in the moon’s atmosphere.  These range from simple compounds such as ethane and acetylene, to more complex molecules (e.g. methylcyanoacetylene).  These more complex molecular compounds first form as a haze layer in Titan’s atmosphere, before being deposited onto the surface. Interestingly, because of the active weather system on Titan, these deposited ‘pure’ compounds can mix by being buried in subsequent layers of organic material, or by dissolution in the liquid hydrocarbon seas, and could lead to the formation of molecular co-crystals. Professor Moggach’s team has recently been awarded a LIEF grant to enable the purchase of a Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), which will will allow them to look at materials between -170 to 600 degrees.  This is a key piece of equipment allowing them to look at planetary science co-crystals on this Titan project. --- ##### The Space Crystallography Team  Team can be found at the UWA [School of Molecular Sciences.](https://www.uwa.edu.au/schools/molecular-sciences) ##### Node Leader [Professor Stephen Moggach](https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/stephen-moggach) stephen.moggach \[at\] uwa.edu.au School of Molecular Sciences M310 35 Stirling Highway Crawley 6009 WA --- ### Space Crystallography ### Professor Stephen Moggach Lead: Space Crystallography ### Associate Professor Dino Spagnoli Space Crystallography ### Rebecca Blake Space Crystallography (PhD Student) ### Nicholas Stapleton Space Crystallography (PhD Student) ### Sonya Emmett Space Crystallography (Honours Student) ##### Newsletter Sign up here to be notified of the latest news at the ISC at UWA. ![International Space Centre](https://internationalspacecentre.org/hs-fs/hubfs/ISCUWALogo.png?width=350&height=196&name=ISCUWALogo.png) Welcome to the International Space Centre at The University of Western Australia. #### HEAD OFFICE - 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