Q and BA: Which moon has the best chance for life?

In this episode of Q and BA - my live video chat answering viewer questions - I talk about which moon in the solar system has the best chance for life: Titan, Europa, or Enceladus.

For some reason, the aspect ratio of this video is a bit stretchy. It displays normally on my computer, but this happens sometimes when it uploads. I'll try to track this down and fix it...

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  Science & Technology

[Paladiia]

I know you like to look up a lot to see the marvels of space. But if you looked down for once, you'd see that there is guy who looks like a smaller version of you who mimics your every move!

[Zachary Hill]

More Phil Plaits in the world please. Thank you.

[deadlydare]

Added on 420 :)

[TheFishCostume]

Personally, I believe life in inevitable. I think that if the conditions are right, there's bound to be some type of life some time in the planet/moon's life time.

[imtheduke]

He's an even smarter Adam Savage. Great channel!

[thegreatmendez000]

Your tidal forces comment reminded me of Larry Niven's short story, Neutron Star. That is all.

[azeivio]

life's a bi-product of the universe, not only is life out there it's everywhere out there. because if it happened here it also happened in lots of other places. plus evidence of extraterrestrial contact in history is scattered all accross the earth. but science likes hard proof but these days i don't trust science because the elite establishment fiddles with scientific results to benefit their own financial adventures. they remove registered earthquakes to coverup fracking, i don't trust no one

[julkasas1]

there's life everywhere :D

[pheidias1]

We should focus on the water angle first. Since any probe sent to Europa would have to dig dozens of miles down before it reached any liquid water, while on Enceladus the water is actually coming to the surface, I'd say that's where we should concentrate our attention. At least initially, for a really expensive lander mission.

[Neueregel]

False analogy. People in 19th century knew that other people existed in America, that's why they invested on wire communications. However, as a whole species we are transmitting and seaching for transmissions, NOT even knowing if other intelligent species exist. Yes, some overall knowledge is gained, but that is costly and out of focus.

[Puleczech]

Both comments are irrelevant. The actual process of discovery pushes the overall knowledge forward. There just might not be the wanted result, but it is definitely not wasting resources. Would most people in early 19th century consider meaningfull figuring out how to transmit human voice from Europe to America?