In Search of Habitable Worlds: Jack Lissauer at TEDxMonterey

Are there other Earths? Well, the search for extraterrestrial life became a little more interesting in 2013. In his awe inspiring TEDxMonterey talk, Jack Lissauer reflects on how recent discoveries of over seven hundred extrasolar planets beyond our solar system is re-shaping our understanding of our place in the universe and amplifying the preciousness of our own world, Earth. Jack Lissauer is a planetary scientist in the Space Science and Astrobiology Division at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. He is a science co-investigator on the Kepler space telescope mission launched in 2009 to search for Earth-size planets orbiting distant stars.

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