Image Credit: Jurik Peter/Shutterstock.com Studies of extraterrestrial atmospheres are enhanced with atomic force microscopy – a scanning probe microscope boasting extremely high resolutions, which make it possible to perform advanced particle analysis at the nanoscale. Experiments by a team of IGM researchers have recently successfully replicated the atmospheric configuration of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, in laboratory conditions. Using the relatively new atomic force microscopy (AFM) technique on this gas sample, the scientists were able to perform particle analyses that may provid...