Strange New Worlds #112
May 13, 2011

We look at the cutting edge science and old-fashioned wonder of the hunt for planets circling other stars. We’ll talk to Ray Jayawardhana, Canada Research Chair in Observational Astrophysics at the University of Toronto, and author of Strange New Worlds: The Search for Alien Planets and Life beyond Our Solar System. And we’re joined by Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute, to discuss the current progress, and the uncertain future, of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Guests:
- Ray Jayawardhana
- Seth Shostak
Featured Book

Strange New Worlds: The Search for Alien Planets and Life Beyond Our Solar System

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