Episode 35
Signs of Life in the Universe
Ben K.D. Pearce
Ben K.D. Pearce joins me a second time to talk about the current Mars mission, the possibility of life on Venus, as well as some cool facts about meteorites!
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Topics and Timestamps
- Introduction (0:00:38)
- Ben’s research on the origin of bio-molecules (0:01:35)
- Building blocks of life on meteorites (0:03:42)
- How do scientists know the composition of rocks in space? (0:06:10)
- What about drilling into asteroids? (0:08:33)
- Useful data in meteorites that land on Earth (0:12:32)
- Keeping on top of all the news in astrobiology (0:14:50)
- The role of nitrogen (0:15:43)
- Talking about the latest Mars mission (0:18:02)
- Could they find diatom fossils on Mars? (0:20:17)
- Was there life on Mars? (0:21:54)
- Phosphene on Venus? (0:27:14)
- No known chemistry (0:31:31)
- Why hadn’t we seen this before? (0:33:30)
- Common disagreements in the field of astrobiology (0:36:36)
- What’s the Canadian field like? (0:37:40)
- Saturn’s moon (0:40:40)
- The excitement around future expeditions (0:43:51)
- Rate of bombardment (0:46:46)
- The giant crater in Sudbury (0:48:50)
- The moon base (0:50:15)
- Ben’s work at Johns Hopkins (0:51:57)
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