Our guest is Dr. Natalie Batalha, astrophysicist and professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz, specializing in detecting and characterizing exoplanets, including potentially habitable alien worlds! Dr. Batalha was the Co-Investigator and Mission Scientist for the Kepler Space Telescope, and today uses the world’s most powerful ground-based telescopes to identify planets suitable for further study with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope.
This program is an interactive talk show where our guests answer questions from our host, Dr. Graham Lau, as well as questions submitted via Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. For more information, visit the official website ofAsk An Astrobiologist.
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