{"podcast":{"title":"Looking Up","slug":"looking-up-176431","podcast_index_feed_id":176431,"rss_url":"https://www.wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/rss.xml","website_url":"https://www.wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up","image_url":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/11dda1d/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1400x1400+0+0/resize/1400x1400!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0c%2F48%2F121aeafe472697daabb8ce926f4b%2Flookingupnewcover.png","author":"Dean Regas (rsalerno@cinradio.org)","episode_count":20,"summary":"Join Dean Regas, astronomer, author, and space expert on a journey through the stars! Guests from all over the globe bring their knowledge and passion about today’s latest scientific discoveries and advancements. From eclipses to supernovas, from rockets to rovers; there’s a whole universe to explore! Dean is the author of “How to Teach Grown-Ups About Pluto” and “100 Things to See in the Night Sky” and was the longtime host of PBS' Stargazers television program. Looking Up is a production of Cincinnati Public Radio.Subscribe:AppleSpotifyNPRiHeartRadioAmazonPocket CastsRSS Feed","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T02:17:05.319388+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/looking-up-176431"},"episode":{"title":"Ancient Martian microbes left behind a chemical \"fingerprint\" (with Dr. Katie Stack Morgan)","slug":"ancient-martian-microbes-left-behind-a-chemical-fingerprint-with-dr-katie-stack-morgan","published_at":"2026-04-10T15:07:43+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/looking-up-176431/ancient-martian-microbes-left-behind-a-chemical-fingerprint-with-dr-katie-stack-morgan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/looking-up-176431","url":"https://www.wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/2026-04-10/ancient-martian-microbes-left-behind-a-chemical-fingerprint-with-dr-katie-stack-morgan","audio_url":"https://cpr-od.streamguys1.com/Podcasts/20260410110408-AncientMartianmicrobesleftbehindachemicalfingerprintMixdown1.mp3?show=lookingup&srcid=wvxu-website","summary":"Last fall, NASA announced that it found something incredible in a rock on Mars. A core sample obtained by the Mars Perseverance rover discovered a potential biosignature. In other words, a potential sign of ancient life on Mars. Dean Regas chats with Kathryn Stack Morgan, Perseverance project scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, about this chemical \"fingerprint.\"","meta_description":"Last fall, NASA announced that it found something incredible in a rock on Mars. A core sample obtained by the Mars Perseverance rover discovered a potenti…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1135,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/looking-up-176431/episodes/ancient-martian-microbes-left-behind-a-chemical-fingerprint-with-dr-katie-stack-morgan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/looking-up-176431/ancient-martian-microbes-left-behind-a-chemical-fingerprint-with-dr-katie-stack-morgan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}