We all die. But this is not certainExtraterrestrial life: alternative biochemistry and the galactic Internet. Part 2
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Could life have had time to originate on meteorites, and where do these space “couriers” get the smell of sauerkraut or alcohol Why would finding a dump of a highly developed civilization be a great find, and an organism with CO2 (carbon dioxide) instead of water has a right to exist. What is chirality, and why the fact of its presence bothers many scientists.
What are Dyson spheres, and why is silicon life likely only possible in science fiction novels? The questions were answered by astrophysicist, employee of the Astrospace Center of the Lebedev Physical Institute and author of the project “Shklovsky Street” Vyacheslav Avdeev, and senior researcher at the Department of Evolutionary Biochemistry of the Research Institute of Physical and Chemical Biology named after. A. N. Belozersky at Moscow State University, author of the book “The Origin of Life. From Nebula to Cell” Mikhail Nikitin.
What are biosignatures and the habitable zone. Is life possible, for example, on Titan (a moon of Saturn) with its dunes of icy sand and methane rain? We talked about why people still haven’t found aliens in the episode “Extraterrestrial life: how and who are we looking for in space? Part 1.”
Both guests have already appeared on our podcast. You can hear Mikhail in the episodes “Tail, Appendix and Extra Nipples” and “Unobvious Doomsday Scenarios. Part 1.”
And with Vyacheslav, we published podcast episodes entitled “Signals from Space” and “What is a Russian radio telescope for?”.
Well, if you are interested in how and why the Universe came into being, we recommend listening to the episode » Accidents are not accidental. How the emergence of the universe is explained by quantum theory.»
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Episode prepared by: Artyom Buftyak, Artur Arushanyan
Sound director: Anastasia Panioti
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