Lisa Kaltenegger

Alien world explorer

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An award-winning astrophysicist and the founding director of Cornell's Carl Sagan Institute, Lisa Kaltenegger leads an interdisciplinary team of astronomers, biologists, engineers, mathematicians and more who work together to answer the fundamental question: Are we alone in the cosmos? One of the world's foremost experts in exoplanet research, she is the author of Alien Earths: The Science for Planet Hunting in the Cosmos.

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Are we alone in the universe? We're close to finding out

Posted Jan 2025

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