Description

There are possibly billions of exoplanets in our galaxy, butmost of them will not have any life on them because they are outside of their star’s habitable zone. What is a habitable zone? Why is it so important? Can a planet or moon outside of the habitable zone harbor life? We explore these questions in today’s session.

Co-founders of MooseEel Media, LLC: Jennifer Vandenberg& Maddy Cable

Original art: Maddy Cable

Research: Jennifer Vandenberg

Script: Jennifer Vandenberg & Maddy Cable

Editing: Jennifer Vandenberg

Editing software: Canva

Music: Remember This Moment by Patrick Rundblad

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Link to Information Used in Session 3

Habitable Zones of Different Stars, NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/habitable-zones-of-different-stars/

Red giant stars: Facts, definition & the future of the sun, Space.com

https://www.space.com/22471-red-giant-stars.html

How Many Moons Does Each Planet Have?, NASA

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/how-many-moons/en/

Ocean Worlds: Water in the Solar System and Beyond, NASA

https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/ocean-worlds/

Signs of life could survive on solar system moons Enceladus and Europa, Space.com

https://www.space.com/jupiter-saturn-moon-enceladus-europa-life-signs

Scientists Investigate How Heat Rises Through Europa’s Ocean, Eos

https://eos.org/research-spotlights/scientists-investigate-how-heat-rises-through-europas-ocean

Tidal Heating in Io, GeoScienceWorld

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/elements/article-abstract/18/6/374/621175/Tidal-Heating-in-Io?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Europa/NASA

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/jupiter-moons/europa/in-depth.amp

Europa Clipper/NASA

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper/

Life on Venus: Your Questions Answered, Planetary Society

https://www.planetary.org/articles/life-on-venus-your-questions-answered

Explore: Life on Mars, LPI

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/LifeOnMars/background/

Why Go to Mars?, ESA

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Exploration/Why_go_to_Mars

Amazon Store

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Anaximander: And the Birth of Science by Carlo Rovelli

https://amzn.to/46tI9sN

Meet Me in Atlantis: Across Three Continents in Search of the Legendary Sunken City by Mark Adams

https://amzn.to/4zACWNi

Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by Seth Shostak

https://amzn.to/45hR54f

Description

Seth Shostak from the SETI Institute joined us for part twoof our interview. In this session, Seth gives advice on how to become an astrobiologist or radio astronomer, then we discussed more aliens (who doesn’t love talking about aliens.)

Co-founders of MooseEel Media, LLC: Jennifer Vandenberg& Maddy Cable

Original art: Maddy Cable

Research: Jennifer Vandenberg

Script: Jennifer Vandenberg & Maddy Cable

Editing: Jennifer Vandenberg

Editing software: Canva

Music: Remember This Moment by Patrick Rundblad

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The SETI Institute

https://www.seti.org/

Seth Shostak

https://sethshostak.com/

Big Picture Science Podcast

https://bigpicturescience.org/

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Whatever Happened to the Metric System?: How America Kept Its Feet by John Bemelmans Marciano

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Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by Seth Shostak

https://amzn.to/45hR54f

Description

Seth Shostak from the SETI Institute had the honor ofjoining us on our first interview. We broke our talk into two parts. In this session, Seth talks about his science background, what methods the SETI Institute uses to find intelligent life in the galaxy, and whether aliens have visited Earth. Join us next week for part two of his interview.

Credits

Co-founders of MooseEel Media, LLC: Jennifer Vandenberg& Maddy Cable

Original art: Maddy Cable

Research: Jennifer Vandenberg

Script: Jennifer Vandenberg & Maddy Cable

Editing: Jennifer Vandenberg

Editing software: Canva

Music: Remember This Moment by Patrick Rundblad

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Link to Information Used in Intro

The SETI Institute

https://www.seti.org/

Seth Shostak

https://sethshostak.com/

Big Picture Science Podcast

https://bigpicturescience.org/

Amazon Store

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Whatever Happened to the Metric System?: How America Kept Its Feet by John Bemelmans Marciano

https://amzn.to/4lxPz5h

Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by Seth Shostak

https://amzn.to/45hR54f

Description

Is there life out there? Jennifer and Maddy explore thefundamental question for astrobiologists: Is there life out there, and how can we find it? From SETI to the Rare Earth Hypothesis, all sides get discussed, and opinions are strong.

Credits

Co-founders of MooseEel Media, LLC: Jennifer Vandenberg& Maddy Cable

Original art: Maddy Cable

Research: Jennifer Vandenberg

Script: Jennifer Vandenberg & Maddy Cable

Editing: Jennifer Vandenberg

Editing software: Canva

Music: Remember This Moment by Patrick Rundblad

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Life, Here and Beyond, NASA

https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/about/

Astrobiology at NASA, NASA

https://science.nasa.gov/astrobiology/

Among Trillions of Planets, Are We ‘Home Alone?’, NASA

https://science.nasa.gov/universe/exoplanets/among-trillions-of-planets-are-we-home-alone/

Rare Earth hypothesis: Why we might really be alone in the universe, Astronomy

https://www.astronomy.com/science/rare-earth-hypothesis-why-we-might-really-be-alone-in-the-universe/

Catalogue of Exoplanets,

https://exoplanet.eu/catalog/

How the first exoplanets were discovered, Astronomy

https://www.astronomy.com/science/how-the-first-exoplanets-were-discovered/

SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, The Planetary Society

https://www.planetary.org/sci-tech/seti

Are We Alone in the Universe? Here's What Scientists Think, Earthsky

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ugv16a3F0ak

What is life?, Jaime Gómez-Márquez, National Library of Medicine

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8376694/

Black Swan Event, Britannica

https://www.britannica.com/topic/black-swan-event

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Whatever Happened to the Metric System?: How America Kept Its Feet by John Bemelmans Marciano

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Description

Jennifer and Maddy get personal and introduce the nextseries on A Single Light, Astrobiology.

Credits

Co-founders of MooseEel Media, LLC: Jennifer Vandenberg& Maddy Cable

Original art: Maddy Cable

Research: Jennifer Vandenberg

Script: Jennifer Vandenberg & Maddy Cable

Editing: Jennifer Vandenberg

Editing software: Canva

Music: Remember This Moment by Patrick Rundblad

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Link to Information Used in Intro

SETI

https://www.seti.org/

Big Picture Science Podcast

https://radio.seti.org/

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Whatever Happened to the Metric System?: How America Kept Its Feet by John Bemelmans Marciano

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Description

Jennifer, Maddy, and her mom Lizzy visited the Field Museumin Chicago, Illinois. It would take multiple episodes to thoroughly describe this remarkable museum, but in this spark, we wanted to give you a taste of what you can see if you visit this year. Jennifer loved the evolution and dinosaur hall, while Maddy was excited to visit the Pokémon Fossil Museum, a temporary exhibit at the Field Museum.

Credits

Co-founders of MooseEel Media, LLC: Jennifer Vandenberg& Maddy Cable

Original art: Maddy Cable

Research: Jennifer Vandenberg

Script: Jennifer Vandenberg & Maddy Cable

Editing: Jennifer Vandenberg

Editing software: Canva

Music: Remember This Moment by Patrick Rundblad

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Link to Information Used in Spark

Field Museum

https://www.fieldmuseum.org/

T-Rex: The Story of Sue 3D

https://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibition/experience/t-rex-the-story-of-sue-3d

Pokémon Fossil Museum, Field Museum

https://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibition/pokemon

Description

Tardigrades are microscopic animals that survive inenvironments that would kill many other animals. Jennifer absolutely loves them and made Maddy a deal. If the YouTube video that mentioned tardigrades received 10 comments, she would have to draw a tardigrade. We got ten comments, and she held up her side of the bargain. Check out the website to see her drawing and listen to this spark to learn about these remarkable animals.

See the drawing here - https://mooseeelmedia.com/maddys-tardigrade/

Credits

Co-founders of MooseEel Media, LLC: Jennifer Vandenberg& Maddy Cable

Original art: Maddy Cable

Research: Jennifer Vandenberg

Script: Jennifer Vandenberg & Maddy Cable

Editing: Jennifer Vandenberge

Editing software: Canva

Music: Remember This Moment by Patrick Rundblad

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Link to Information Used in Spark

Tardigrades: Facts about one of the hardiest animals on Earth, and beyond, LiveScience, https://www.livescience.com/57985-tardigrade-facts.html

A big discovery of a tiny critter, The Harvard Gazette, https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/11/big-discovery-of-tiny-rare-tardigrade-fossil/

Evolution: Out of the Ocean, Science Direct, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098221300136X

Here’s how tardigrades go into suspended animation, Science News, https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tardigrade-tun-oxidation-suspended-animation