Astronomical Society Meeting and Public Astronomy Presentation

Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Hanley, Lowell Observatory

When identifying potential life elsewhere in the Solar System, liquids are a key ingredient. Water is proposed to be present on Mars and the subsurface of Europa, while Titan has seas of hydrocarbons. Dr. Hanley will discuss the recent identification of hydrated salts in Recurring Slope Lineae, indicating flowing liquid water on the surface of Mars today, and present results from laboratory experiments and how they relate to observations from current and past missions to Mars, Europa and Titan.