On Saturn's largest moon, Titan, polar and non-polar molecules like oil and water, normally unable to mix on Earth, can intermix. Scientists found hydrogen cyanide and hydrocarbons forming solid co-crystals in Titan's extreme -183°C environment. This unexpected behaviour, defying the like dissolves like rule, hints at an entirely new form of molecular bonding never observed on Earth.
    
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03 Nov