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Episode 63: Dr. Aaron Burton on What Meteorites Can Teach Us About Life
November 11, 202524 min · 4,635 words
Show notes
How did life start on Earth and could life exist elsewhere? On this exciting episode of Let’s Talk Chemistry edited by David Alvia, hosts Erin Suh, Elizabeth Li, and Aanya Santosh discuss our interview with Dr. Aaron Burton, a Program Scientist in the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters. Dr. Burton tackles these two questions head-on in his studies of meteorites and other astromaterial samples.
Highlighted moments
So this meteorite that we can get in the lab is sort of a time capsule for what was happening four and a half billion years ago.
“So we would do a hot water extraction of water. So you're doing 24-hour reflux at 100 degrees C, and then you extract that solvent.”
“we always sort of assume that what we're seeing is contamination until we have convincing evidence otherwise.”
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