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Episode 132: Does Titan Harbour the Building Blocks of Life?, with Ravi Desai

Episode 132: Does Titan Harbour the Building Blocks of Life?, with Ravi Desai

FromThe Star Spot


Episode 132: Does Titan Harbour the Building Blocks of Life?, with Ravi Desai

FromThe Star Spot

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Sep 3, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Feature Guest: Ravi Desai It was recently reported that Saturn’s moon Titan harbours complex chemistry the likes of which we’ve never before seen in our solar system. On today’s episode of The Star Spot, the leader of the discovery Ravi Desai explains the implication of discovering these building blocks of life on a world that many are now calling the most habitable location beyond Earth. Current in Space Good news from Tony. The ocean worlds of Europa and Enceladus will be prime targets for the James Webb Space Telescope. Then Dave tells us how we finally mapped the surface of a second star - only to learn how little we know about our own sun’s fate. And finally Maya with the weather report: it’s raining diamonds in the outer solar system! About Our Guest Ravi Desai is PhD Candidate in Space Physics at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory at University College London. He is a member of the Cassini Science Team and Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Released:
Sep 3, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

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