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Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

Revisiting the discovery of phosphorus on Enceladus

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

Technology, Science

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Chris Glein, a lead scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, joins Planetary Radio to talk about the discovery of phosphorus in the oceans of Saturn’s moon Enceladus and the implications for the search for life.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The prospects for habitability on Insolidus keep getting better.

0:05.0

This week on planetary radio.

0:08.0

I'm Sarah Al Ahmed of the Planetary Society with more of the human adventure across our

0:17.3

solar system and beyond.

0:19.4

And I'm Andrew Lucas, the audio editor for Planetary Radio. We hope you all had a very happy New Year's day.

0:26.0

So unfortunately, Sarah is out sick this week, but don't worry. She's going to be back next

0:31.1

week with new exoplanet science from the James Webb Space Telescope.

0:35.4

Today, however, we're looking back on one of the most significant recent headlines in planetary science,

0:40.6

the detection of phosphorus in the oceans of Saturn's Moon and Seleidus.

0:45.0

Phosphorus, a key ingredient for life as we know it, has been discovered on Saturn's

0:49.8

moon and Seleidus. This is the first time phosphorus has ever been detected in an ocean

0:54.9

off of Earth. Chris Klein, a lead scientist at the Southwest Research Institute,

0:59.8

joins us to talk about the discovery and its implications for the search for life off of Earth.

1:06.1

Then Bruce Betts pops in for what's up.

1:10.4

If you love planetary radio and you want to stay informed about the latest space discoveries,

1:15.3

please make sure to hit that subscribe button on your favorite podcast platform.

1:20.1

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1:25.8

Cosmos and our place within it.

1:31.2

Saturn's Moon and Seladis has a subsurface ocean underneath its icy crust.

1:35.7

There are many water worlds in our solar system, but studying their contents is usually very difficult.

1:42.1

We don't yet have the technology to land on an ice world like

1:46.1

Europa or Triton and tunnel through the protective ice to the hidden waters below.

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