The hosts talk about the excitement of exploring life in the universe, mentioning tools like the James Webb telescope. The chapter features a conversation with Lisa Kaltenegger, an astrophysicist, about her research on modeling habitable worlds and the search for signs of life on exoplanets. They discuss potential indicators of life like the combination of oxygen and methane in a planet's atmosphere and delve into the complexities of defining and identifying life beyond Earth.
Has JWST found potential alien worlds? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Matt Kirshen learn about exoplanet discovery on the frontier, how higher oxygen gave us dinosaurs, and what type of life could be out there with astrophysicist and astrobiologist Lisa Kaltenegger.
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