SGU Episode 923

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SGU Episode 923
March 18th 2023
"In a new study, University of California astronomers describe how extraterrestrial life has the potential to exist on distant exoplanets inside a special area called the 'terminator zone' — a ring on planets that have one side that always faces its star and one side that is always dark."
SGU 922                      SGU 924
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
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Introduction, Raccoon Dogs, "Last of Us" show

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• 'Terminator zones' on distant planets could harbor life, UC Irvine astronomers say

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