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Lex Fridman PodcastSara Seager: Search for Planets and Life Outside Our Solar System | Lex Fridman Podcast #116
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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- August 16, 2020
- Duration
- 1h 41m
- Channel
- Lex Fridman Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Sara Seager is a planetary scientist at MIT, known for her work on the search for exoplanets. Support this podcast by supporting our sponsors. Click links, get discount:
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EPISODE LINKS: Sara's Twitter: https://twitter.com/profsaraseager Sara's Website: https://www.saraseager.com/ The Smallest Lights in the Universe (book): https://amzn.to/3g3LfHA PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 5:32 - Falling in love with the stars 9:55 - Are we alone in the universe? 15:27 - Seager equation for number of habitable planets 27:48 - Exoplanets 34:44 - Earth-like exoplanets 40:43 - Intelligent life 52:34 - Number of planets per star 55:09 - Space exploration 57:36 - Traveling to Proxima Centauri 1:00:52 - Starshade 1:07:34 - Using the sun as a gravitational lens 1:09:44 - Starshot 1:12:45 - Rogue planets 1:15:44 - The Smallest Lights in the Universe 1:30:15 - Book recommendations 1:37:48 - Advice for a young person 1:39:29 - Meaning of life CONNECT:
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SPEAKERS
Lex Fridman
hostSara Seager
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and Sara Seager, Sara Seager: Search for Planets and Life Outside Our Solar System | Lex Fridman Podcast #116 explores Sara Seager on exoplanets, alien life, grief, and human meaning Lex Fridman speaks with MIT planetary scientist Sara Seager about the search for exoplanets and the scientific quest to detect life beyond our solar system.
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