Blue Streak Science Podcast

Dateline: United Kingdom, Belgium, Washington, and California. Chris, Nevena, Tom, and JD bring you the latest science and discussion from around the world. Seriously, how cool is that? On This Week’s Show Old rocks Old fungi Tiny fish Internet satellites The Climate Lounge Pub Quiz Science News with Chris MacAlister, and Nevena Hristozova Organic matter from space preserved in 3.3 billion year old rocks Chris MacAlister The mountains of South Africa and Swaziland contain 3.3 billion year old volcanic rock which contains carbon filled layers. Geologists from France & Italy have been examining these layers and were surprised to find a thin layer where the profile of the carbon was consistent with an extraterrestrial origin. Whilst finding extraterrestrial organic matter is not unprecedented, to detect it 3.3 billion years later means that there must have been a lot of it there in the first place. If this can happen on Earth then it can happen elsewhere. So if we find it, will we know if it is native t