Searching for Alien Earths with Lisa Kaltenegger [Ep. 411]

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win a meteorite Is Earth unique, or are there other Earth-like
planets full of life? If so, what might life be like on these other
planets? Could we even detect it? These questions have puzzled
people for millennia. Now, we finally have the technology to
explore it. Among the people who have taken up the search for other
Earth-like planets and extraterrestrial life is today's guest, Lisa
Kaltenegger! Lisa Kaltenegger is an award-winning astrophysicist
and astrobiologist and the founding director of the Carl Sagan
Institute at Cornell. She is a pioneer and world-leading expert in
modeling habitable worlds and their light footprints. For the last
decade, she has been finding new ways to discover life in space,
working with NASA and ESA from Austria to the Netherlands, Harvard,
Germany, and now Cornell.  Today, she will take us on an
exciting journey through space in search of habitable planets and
life.  Tune in!  Key Takeaways:  00:00:00 Intro
00:03:00 Judging a book by its cover 00:06:16 What kind of aliens
is Lisa looking for?  00:10:50 The key technology for planet
hunting  00:16:51 Modeling habitable planets 00:24:09 A trip
through probability space  00:33:58 Panspermia and life on
Mars 00:38:02 Proof of life 00:44:51 Information theory and
identifying signs of life 00:48:11 The implications of discovering
extraterrestrial life 00:53:16 The future of pedagogy 
00:57:39 Outro Additional resources:  ️Win a copy of ALIEN
EARTHS! enter here:
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