Please Explain: Extraterrestrial Life

Midday on WNYC | Aug 2, 2018

Are we alone in the universe? Is there anybody else out there? Humans have been asking these questions for centuries. Fortunately, Adam Frank, professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester and a co-founder of NPR’s 13.7 Cosmos and Culture blog, joins us for Please Explain to answer these questions and more. His latest book, Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth, explores the likely presence of life on other worlds and what this can teach us about the future of humanity on Earth.

This segment is guest hosted by Duarte Geraldino.

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