Sara is an astronomer and planetary scientist known for her pioneering work on the vast and unknown world of exoplanets, and the search for life beyond Earth.
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro: Where are they?
5:35 Is there life on Venus?
13:25 Venus Life Finder mission
17:15 Non-biological life?
20:15 How might aliens discover life on Earth?
23:17 Should we broadcast our existence?
28:30 Consensus view - is there life outside of Earth?
31:05 Fermi Paradox - where are they?
34:50 Exoplanets
48:20 Starshade mission
54:11 Beauty and awe in physics
1:03:50 Book recommendations
1:11:23 Behind the scenes / backstory
