Sara Seager and the Search for Earth’s Twin

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

Science, Technology

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2014

⏱️ 30 minutes

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MIT planetary scientist and astrophysicist Sara Seager is on a quest. She wants to find a warm, wet exoplanet with signs of life. It could be Earth 2.0.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello dear podcast listeners it has been a while since I last took the opportunity to thank you
0:05.5	I hope you agree that 2014 has been a great year for planetary radio 2015 is looking
0:11.3	even more exciting.
0:12.8	All of us are delighted to have you join this weekly ride across the universe.
0:17.0	We're especially grateful to those of you who help create the show
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0:45.3	t-shirt of your very own. Thanks again for listening and for your support. We wish you
0:50.2	the very happiest of holidays. Looking for Earth 2.0 with
0:58.0	looking for Earth 2.0 with Sarah Seger
1:02.0	this week on planetary radio.
1:04.0	Welcome to the travel show that takes you to the Final Frontier.
1:11.0	I'm Matt Kaplan of the Planetary Society. Earth's twin
1:15.2	is out there waiting for us to build the tools that can find it. No one is more
1:19.7	involved in that quest than Sarah Seger. She'll join me in a few minutes. The just
1:24.2	passed federal funding bill has generated controversy but Bill Nye is
1:28.3	celebrating one provision and Bruce Betts will tell us about the holiday night
1:32.3	sky on what's up.
1:33.7	We begin with senior editor Emily Lacuwala.
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