The Cosmic Companion VIP Newsletter April 27, 2020

Our first-ever video interview, with groundbreaking geobiologist Steven D'Hondt of URI, an asteroid with a face mask, a missing planet, and massive alien oceans.

Hi everyone!

Welcome back to a very special episode of The Cosmic Companion VIP newsletter! This week features our first-ever video interview, as we welcome geobiologist and oceanographer Dr. Steven D’Hondt of the University of Rhode Island to the show. We discuss his expeditions to search for life beneath the seafloor of the South Pacific, and what it teaches us about the search for life on Mars.

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In this week's episode of Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we learn that Earth will soon be visited by an asteroid the size on Manhattan – but don't worry – it's wearing a face mask! Next, we solve the mystery of a missing planet, and we learn how studying oceans on alien worlds would make for a high-pressure environment!

Let’s take off!