Searching for life beyond Earth with Sara Seager

About this episode

Astrophysicist Sara Seager discusses her work and thoughts on the search for extraterrestrial life and robotic missions to Venus.

The Toronto-born astrophysicist and MIT planetary scientist shares her thoughts on deep space, leading robot missions to Venus and more

People in this episode

Guest: Sara Seager

Topics covered

• astrophysics
• space exploration
• robot missions
• life beyond Earth
• science

Keywords

• astrophysics
• space
• Venus
• robot missions
• extraterrestrial life
• MIT
• Sara Seager

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MIT

Places: Toronto, Venus

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