Sara Seager is a planetary scientist at MIT, known for her work on the search for exoplanets.
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OUTLINE: 00:00 - Introduction 05:32 - Falling in love with the stars 09:55 - 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 https://lexfridman.com/sara-seager/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sara-seager
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