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What Saturn's most mysterious moon could teach us about the origins of life | Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle

What Saturn's most mysterious moon could teach us about the origins of life | Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle

Planetary scientist Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle shares how studying this mysterious moon that's thought to resemble the early Earth could bring us closer to understanding the habitability of other planets -- and the origin of life itself.

TED Talks Daily · TED

August 28, 20207m 12s

Show Notes

NASA's Dragonfly -- a robotic rotorcraft-lander that's designed to hop across the surface of an extraterrestrial body -- is set to voyage deep into the solar system to explore Titan, Saturn's largest moon, in 2026. Planetary scientist Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle shares how studying this mysterious moon that's thought to resemble the early Earth could bring us closer to understanding the habitability of other planets -- and the origin of life itself.

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