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The Smallest Lights in the Universe
Book • 2020
In *The Smallest Lights in the Universe*, Sara Seager shares her personal story of navigating life after the loss of her husband while continuing her groundbreaking work in planetary science.
The memoir intertwines her search for meaning and solace with her unrelenting pursuit of discovering Earth-like exoplanets.
Seager finds comfort in both the alien beauty of exoplanets and the human connections that help her heal.
The memoir intertwines her search for meaning and solace with her unrelenting pursuit of discovering Earth-like exoplanets.
Seager finds comfort in both the alien beauty of exoplanets and the human connections that help her heal.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson as a memoir published by Crown in 2020, containing a firsthand account of her life and the birth of the field of exoplanet research.


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Cosmic Queries – Life on Exoplanets with Sara Seager
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Lex Fridman as a beautifully written memoir about space and the search for life in the universe.


#116 – Sara Seager: Search for Planets and Life Outside Our Solar System