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Episode 15: A Salty Lake on Mars
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34 minutes
Released:
Aug 3, 2018
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Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York.Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPodOr just visit us at home: syzygy.fmEmily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/Chris online: kipstewart.comTo view the podcast chapter list and artwork in this episode, you could do worse than use the Overcast app on iOS, or Pocket Casts on Android. (Other podcast players are available, though they may not handle mp3 chapters nicely.)Some of the things we talk about in this episode:• Mars is *still* having a bit of a dust storm: https://mars.nasa.gov/weather/storm-watch-2018/• Name the ExoMars rover! (Please, no Marsy McMarsfaces, OK?) https://events.airbus.com/exomarsnamecomp• The Lunar Eclipse, 27 July 2018, livestream replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqBStEIVF8o• So, water on Mars, eh? https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mars-may-have-lake-liquid-water-search-life• The scientific paper: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2018/07/24/science.aar7268• The Mars Express mission: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express• Lake Vostok: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Vostok• All the times we’ve found water on Mars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_on_Mars
Released:
Aug 3, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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