Episode 27: Searching Iceland’s lava fields for life on Mars with Dr. Cable

Jan 10

Written By Carrie Nugent

Dr Morgan Cable comes back on the podcast to tell us about how she and a team of scientists searched a fresh lava field in Iceland to look for signs of life. They pretended to see the landscape like a rover would, so that the lessons they learned in… — Dr Morgan Cable comes back on the podcast to tell us about how she and a team of scientists searched a fresh lava field in Iceland to look for signs of life. They pretended to see the landscape like a rover would, so that the lessons they learned in Iceland could be applied to the search for life on Mars. Listen in for their surprising results, and to hear a bonus story about an adventurous search for a meteorite in Nevada.
The project Dr. Cable worked on was inspired by the Nordic-NASA astrobiology summer school, which I also participated in.

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Carrie Nugent

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