Alma Wauch has written a book about her love of acting and astronomy. She says she tried to reconcile the two loves for years, but that when she stopped figuring it out "incredible miracles got to happen" The author is now working on an astronaut candidate program with NASA.
If scientists discovered that we are not alone, what would they do with that information? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice learn about the search for life, habitability around M stars and more with astrophysics professor and author Aomawa Shields.
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