The media is buzzing with the conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn on December 21, the winter solstice. Many are calling this the Christmas star. Not so much.
Scientists have proposed that life was seeded on Earth by carbon floating into our atmosphere from a burned-out star. We also discuss Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001 and 2010, the importance of Saturn (the planet and the god).
Josh Peck, sitting in for Sharon K. Gilbert, joins Derek Gilbert to discuss surprising new findings from Jupiter and a young man who wants to become a genderless alien.
