From StarTalk.

In this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson, joined by co-host Chuck Nice, interviews planetary astrobiologist David Grinspoon about the astonishing findings from asteroid Bennu. They discuss how NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission discovered amino acids, nucleotide bases, and sugars—essential building blocks of life—on Bennu, suggesting that the “ingredients” for life may be widespread across the universe. The conversation then shifts into a philosophical exploration of whether life’s emergence is inevitable and whether music could serve as a universal language for communicating with extraterrestrials.

From ‘Why We’re Going Back to Venus, with David Grinspoon’: https://youtu.be/lpY0iY5PgRg?si=3Nx1n6Al98eu9gAV

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