The Search for Life in the Universe
Are we alone? It’s a question that has obsessed us for centuries, and now we have the technology to do more than wonder. Scientists on the hunt for distant planets and extraterrestrial intelligence explore faraway galaxies and barely visible realms. Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse journeys to the brink of discovery with Jill Tarter, David Charbonneau, and Steven Squyres to contemplate what it would mean to have company in the cosmos.
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Original Program Date: June 3, 2010
MODERATOR: Paul Nurse
PARTICIPANTS: David Charbonneau, Jill Tarter, Michael Russell, Steven Squyres
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Sir Paul Nurse Introduction 00:10
Participant Introductions. 01:51
Day 2,281 of the 90 day Mars Rover mission. 06:44
The evidence for life on Mars. 10:10
The Mars Rover Landing on Mars. 17:45
How have we discovered all of the exoplanets? 19:29
How small of a planet orbiting a star can you detect? 23:16
Can we tell if these planets will support life? 30:04
How did life begin on earth? 35:18
What kind of life could live in the harsh environments of early earth? 42:13
What would be the sign of extraterrestrial life on exoplanets? 47:25
A reexamination of the habitability of planets orbiting stars. 59:15
What is panspermia? 01:03:52
Would life emerge from any planet that can sustain life. 01:10:00
Why the up and downs with finding life on other planets. 01:14:35
Lets say we find life… what does that change for humanity? 01:24:00
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