Episode 12: Stellar Snow

This episode explores new research which has found, for the first time, traces of the iron-60 isotope in Antarctic snow, the origins of which have been shown to come from the explosions of distant stars during supernova events.   --- Read this episode’s science poem here.   Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘The Black Stars’ by Primo Levi here.   --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth