Episode 05: Diamonds from Space!

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Some of the things we talk about in this episode:

TESS mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3niFzo5VLI

The nanodiamond meteorite paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03808-6

Guardian article on the story: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/apr/17/diamonds-in-sudan-meteorite-are-remnants-of-lost-planet

The Asteroid Belt: https://www.universetoday.com/32856/asteroid-belt/

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, lizardy sock puppet: https://youtu.be/MLtlcSR9A6M

Nanodiamonds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanodiamond

Solar System formation: http://hubblesite.org/hubble_discoveries/discovering_planets_beyond/how-do-planets-form

Solar System formation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhy1fucSRQI

Theia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theia_(planet)

Meteorite 2008 TC3: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/meteorites-found-from-asteroid-2008-tc3/

Exploding meteor over Russia in 2013: https://youtu.be/fBLjB5qavxY
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/11/131106-russian-meteor-chelyabinsk-airburst-500-kilotons/

Meteortites stand out in the desert: https://www.universetoday.com/89656/the-asteroid-that-fell-to-earth-meteorites-from-2008-tc3-still-giving-up-their-secrets/

Meteorites on eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xmeteorite.TRS0&_nkw=meteorite&_sacat=0

Meteorites in Antarctica: https://www.space.com/14316-hundreds-meteorites-antarctica-scientists.html