SciFri Radio: Astrobiology

SciFri Radio: Kepler Telescope Narrows Hunt For Earth’s Twin
NASA’s Kepler has discovered the first Earth-sized exoplanets, and another in the “Goldilocks zone.”

SciFri Radio: Is A Moon Necessary For A Planet To Support Life?
Researchers are studying our moon's effects on the Earth to guide their search for habitable worlds elsewhere.

SciFri Radio: Did Ancient Eruptions Form Life's Building Blocks?
A 1958 experiment mimicking a volcanic eruption formed many amino acids, according to new analysis.

SciFri Radio: Life, But Not As We Know It
Researchers report that they've found a strain of bacteria that can swap arsenic for the element phosphorus in its metabolism -- even incorporating...

SciFri Radio: A 'Goldilocks' Planet?
Planet hunters say they've identified the first planet orbiting a distant star with conditions right to sustain liquid water and, perhaps, life.

SciFri Radio: Mars Water
Although it's been years since the first publications of signs of water on Mars, support for the idea of lots of liquid water in the planet's past...

SciFri Radio: Titan's Chemistry and the Search for Life
Two recent papers involving the amounts of certain hydrocarbons on Saturn's moon Titan had some media outlets abuzz with talk of extraterrestrial...

SciFri Radio: Studying Comet Contents
We'll check in with researchers on the Stardust probe, which captured dust from comet Wild-2 in 2004.

SciFri Radio: Astrobiology and the Origins of Life
In this hour of Science Friday, a conversation on astrobiology, the origins of life...and the possibility we're not alone in the universe.

SciFri Radio: A Spark in a Flask and the Origins of Life
Scientists have revisited the famous 1953 Miller-Urey experiment on the conditions needed for the formation of life. We'll talk with them about...

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