198 – Luke Steller – What are the ingredients of life?

In this episode, I talk to Luke Steller, who is a PhD candidate at the Australian Centre for Astrobiology at the University of New South Wales.

I spoke to Luke about:

– Luke’s background

– How he became interested in astrobiology

– Ancient life on Earth

– How understanding ancient life on Earth influences the search for life elsewhere

– Understanding how hot springs are involved in the formation of life

– Life near deep sea vents

– What do we think is required to form life?

– The variability of life

– The Miller-Urey experiment

– The origin of life versus habitability

– What might extraterrestrial life look like?

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