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What news from Mars and Titan? Where is the exploration of these giant planets and moons of our solar system? Could they harbor life? Sidereal answers from planetary scientist Athena Coustenis.Rebroadcast of October 12, 2021
Where is the exploration of the red planet? What are we looking for on Titan, Saturn’s largest satellite? The only moon in our solar system that has an atmosphere? Could we detect traces of life there?
With Athena Coustenis, astrophysicist specializing in planetology. His research focuses particularly on the study of planetary atmospheres and surfaces, notably on Titan and Enceladus, satellites of Saturn and Ganymede and Europa, natural satellites of Jupiter. She also works on the characterization of exoplanetary atmospheres. Athena Coustenis is now scientific manager of a new mission Titan Saturn System Missionwhich is scheduled to launch in 2025.