Episode 296 - Astrobiology with Adam Frank

Astrophysicist and professor at University of Rochester Adam Frank (@AdamFrank4) joins Matt and Andy to talk about his new book Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth, a look at the history of scientific discoveries on planetary environments and the prospect of alien life, what the very high likelihood that extraterrestrial civilizations have existed in our universe can teach us about the fate of human life on Earth, how an inevitable growing pain of any civilization is climate change and what to do with that information to ensure that our civilization survives its cosmic adolescence.

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Episode 296 - Astrobiology with Adam Frank

Jun 14, 2018

Astrophysicist and professor at University of Rochester Adam Frank (@AdamFrank4) joins Matt and Andy
to talk about his new book Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and
the Fate of the Earth, a look at the history of scientific
discoveries on planetary environments and the prospect of alien
life, what the very high likelihood that extraterrestrial
civilizations have existed in our universe can teach us about the
fate of human life on Earth, how an inevitable growing pain of any
civilization is climate change and what to do with that information
to ensure that our civilization survives its cosmic
adolescence.

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