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I was studying the moon Titan, and learned that it has a lot of methane on it's surface. I then looked up more about the chemical and learned that methane's flash point is -188 C. I don't understand this. Don't we use methane is common-day objects on earth? What about the flames caused by entry with the probe that we sent? I don't think that info is right.

In order for methane to burn, you need an oxidizer for it to combine with. Titan has no free oxygen in its atmosphere.