AstroBio

Astrobiology Resource list
Relevant to our UAP class in various ways

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl_YuKk9mzg&ab_channel=ProfessorDaveExplains
Astrobiology: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFDA13Q4vaI&ab_channel=LexClips
Drake equation explained | Adam Frank and Lex Fridman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd95LBhuSOk&ab_channel=TED
My Search for Proof Aliens Exist | Avi Loeb | TED

History of Earth, life, the small stuff

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ4CUw9RcuA&ab_channel=KaoruGreenEmerald
  The Whole History of the Earth and Life

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EwVBC3VsRA&ab_channel=BigThink
  The 5 core principles of life | Nobel Prize-winner Paul Nurse

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz1n0RHwLqA&ab_channel=BigThink
  The physics of entropy and the origin of life | Sean Carroll

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAFC4RY1cKQ&ab_channel=ArvinAsh
  Why is All Life Carbon Based, Not Silicon?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNK3u8uVG7o&ab_channel=ArvinAsh
  Abiogenesis - Origin of life from nonliving matter

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTjgrG2UY30&ab_channel=BigThink
  Why haven’t we found aliens? | Brian Cox

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuDiTL3B7Ok&ab_channel=JohnMichaelGodier
  A History of the SETI Search for Alien Intelligence

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Are9dDbW24&ab_channel=Scientificus
  Universe Size Comparison | Cosmic Eye

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIO4CbxmcW4&ab_channel=HistoryoftheUniverse
  The Entire History of the Universe In 2 Minutes

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LinWJsangs4&ab_channel=WhatIf
  Earth's Evolution in 10 Minutes

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LMfSTq4JIY&ab_channel=Paleozoo
  History of Earth - in brief

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxKCDjnWabk&list=PLybg94GvOJ9E9BcCODbTNw2xU4b1cWSi6&index=11&ab_channel=ProfessorDaveExplains
  The Formation of the Solar System and the Structure of the Sun

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6thZHPpquI&list=PL39_ud5aKSvkl_wj5BIkRvANCiiUPL3VS&index=44&ab_channel=ScienceChannel
  Scientists Unveil the Fascinating Origin of Life

Our Solar System 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36pMXV2j3i8&list=PL39_ud5aKSvkl_wj5BIkRvANCiiUPL3VS&index=20&ab_channel=ScienceChannel
  Was There Once Life on Mars?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWpYQ6NYRIU&ab_channel=TheWallStreetJournal
  Juice: The ESA's Mission to Jupiter's Moons, Explained

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q88fSdGMbys&ab_channel=NASAJetPropulsionLaboratory
  Europa Clipper - Exploring Jupiter’s Ocean Moon

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAsLyd77SZ8&ab_channel=VideoFromSpace
  Curiosity discovers evidence of water on ancient Mars

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIaHiGbFybQ&ab_channel=NASAJetPropulsionLaboratory
  Perseverance Rover Zooms in on Ancient Mars River

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0gsz8EHiNc&ab_channel=NASA
  Ancient Organics Discovered on Mars

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLAxd009yUw&ab_channel=MarsGuy
  NASA’s plea for help on Mars sample return

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXMA-04CADw&ab_channel=NASAJetPropulsionLaboratory
  Why Does NASA Want to Explore Jupiter’s Ocean Moon?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP5jwuGQIXU&ab_channel=SciNews
  Mars has seasonal methane variations

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6xl9abYL2k&ab_channel=NASAJetPropulsionLaboratory
  Enceladus - Cassini Cracks the Case of the Icy Moon

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L471ct7YDo&t=191s&ab_channel=Astrum
  What Huygens Saw on Titan

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJUVd8SguDw&ab_channel=Destiny
  Scientists Discover Potentially Habitable Planets Around Gliese 667

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbvZ4d3ifzQ&ab_channel=V101SPACE
  What's It Like Inside Jupiter?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D3o5e1vTiM&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour
  How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may help us understand the origins of life on Earth

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w6KRajHMlo&ab_channel=Astrum
  What NASA's Dawn Saw on Ceres and Vesta

Observation Platforms

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1hdcoPplws&ab_channel=InternationalSpaceScienceInstitute
  Exoplanet Atmospheric Spectroscopy in the Era of JWST with David Sing

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzWfUK0yvdY&ab_channel=LaunchPadAstronomy
  How James Webb's Instruments Work

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFqI1_r2uXE&ab_channel=VideoFromSpace
  James Webb Space Telescope will study alien worlds using transit spectroscopy

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbSXBbyWsTE&ab_channel=NASAVideo
  How Webb Will Study Atmospheres of Exoplanets

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHituI9y8Vk&ab_channel=NASASpaceNews
  There Is a Chance of Misinterpreting JWST Planetary Signals

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2an2JVnb3fk&ab_channel=NASASpaceNews
  Did NASA’s WISE Telescope Just Detect Dyson Spheres?

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72u03O8p2gY&ab_channel=LaunchPadAstronomy
  Kepler Space Telescope End of Mission

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4KjvPIbgMI&t=98s&ab_channel=NASAGoddard
  NASA’s New Planet Hunter - TESS

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QmEwMlw3O8&ab_channel=jdiez%28jdiez%29
  spectroscopy for astronomy

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYseY0y2tgg&ab_channel=KhanAcademy
  Introduction to spectroscopy | Khan Academy

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1mpHBAXh1c&ab_channel=NASAGoddard
  Spectroscopy, Explained

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hue2TrYXY54&t=5s&ab_channel=METTLERTOLEDOAutoChem
  What is Raman Spectroscopy

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQxeDtjnDhU&ab_channel=AaronCelestian
  Raman Spectroscopy

ExoPlanets

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSM7UnUzDQM&ab_channel=VideoFromSpace
  TRAPPIST-1 Planets Tidally Locked to Star

 Looking at Earth (reputed source of intelligent life forms)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWp5ZpJAIAE&ab_channel=PBSEons
  A Brief History of Geologic Time

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9XHI_26cPE&ab_channel=QuantaMagazine
  LUCA – 2024 Biology Breakthrough (Last Universal Common Ancestor)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtvKK3RR7as&ab_channel=ScienceSketch
  The Birth of Cells at Hydrothermal Vents

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECBbAjoEHWI&ab_channel=NaturalWorldFacts
  Hydrothermal Vents | Oases in the Deep Sea

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe45GegJUvM&ab_channel=ArsTechnica
  How Does Radiometric Dating Work?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKt5NeGzE1Q&ab_channel=Mr.Cosmos
  8 Mass Extinction Events That Shaped Earth’s History

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-ab1YPBdj8&list=PLybg94GvOJ9E5VK94UujanWk45qM8rQuz&index=9&ab_channel=ProfessorDaveExplains
  An Overview of Earth’s Layers

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTrnz4Yy5m8&ab_channel=ProfessorDaveExplains
  The Development of Plate Tectonics

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBGWCeWhOq0&ab_channel=ProfessorDaveExplains
  The Wilson Cycle and Plate Boundaries

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXFVpwecixY&ab_channel=ScienceChannel
  Why Earth's Magnetic Shield Matters

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgfTptiJRdQ&list=PL39_ud5aKSvkl_wj5BIkRvANCiiUPL3VS&index=43&ab_channel=ScienceChannel
  How Geology Could Help Find Earth 2.0

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAZes1R2ljI&ab_channel=Cosmoknowledge
  What is cosmic dust?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOOvX0jmhJ4&ab_channel=BozemanScience
  Water: A polar molecule

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71GjsRnsoL8&t=51s&ab_channel=TED-Ed
  What is chirality and how did it get in my molecules?

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKhcan8pk2w&ab_channel=SteveMould
  Homochirality - Why Nature Never Makes Mirror Molecules

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jgb_DpaQhM&ab_channel=BozemanScience
  Proteins

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGHD9e3yRIU&ab_channel=BozemanScience
  Lipids

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGVgIcTpZkk&ab_channel=BozemanScience
  The three domains of life

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-z9-9OOWC4&ab_channel=BozemanScience
  Bacteria

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W25nI9kpxtU&ab_channel=BozemanScience
  Archaea

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo0QHAS-x8A&ab_channel=BozemanScience
  Eukarya

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh2P5CmCC0M&ab_channel=BozemanScience
  Cellular Respiration