Episode 410
Life, The Universe and Everything
Live from Cambridge, the search for planets around other stars, mapping the Milky Way and the prospects of life in outer space.
The Naked Scientists Podcast · The Naked Scientists
December 3, 201359m 58s
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Show Notes
Live on location at the Cambridge Science Centre, Chris Smith is joined by guests Didier Queloz, who discovered the first exoplanet, Alan Tunnacliffe who investigates organisms which might be able to survive in space, and Gerry Gilmore, who is aiming to map the Milky Way. Together they pit their wits against the assembled public as they go on the hunt for alien worlds and life in space. Plus Dave Ansell and Ginny Smith reanimate yeast, spin an alarm clock to demonstrate how planets make stars wobble, and launch their own hydrogen rocket... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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