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The moon may be silent and still today, but billions of years ago, it likely crackled with magnetic activity. Though the moon now lacks a global magnetic field, its rocks—especially those on the ...

For example, the methane molecules in Titan's atmosphere can get split apart due to radiation from the sun or from energetic particles from Saturn's magnetic field, called its magnetosphere.

Simulations show how effects of asteroid impact could amplify the early Moon’s weak magnetic field.

The Moon held on to its magnetic field for most of its life — which could mean less lunar water available to future astronauts than expected.

On other planets with a magnetic field, including Earth, the magnetic pole axis and the spin axis are tilted away from each other, crossing like an X. On Saturn, what you have is instead a perfect I.

The moon hasn't had a magnetic field for 4.36 billion years. That means it could hold fragments of the ancient Earth.

Additionally, Titan is the only moon with a dense atmosphere, and like Earth, it likely has interior geophysics driving it. But what can planetary geophysics teach us about finding life beyond Earth?