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Alien life. A flurry of recent discoveries has shifted the odds of finding it. Scientists use the Kepler telescope to spot a planet the same size and temperature as Earth \u2026 and announce that there could be tens of billions of similar worlds, just in our galaxy!\nPlus, new gravity data suggests a mammoth reservoir of water beneath the icy skin of Saturn\u2019s moon Enceladus \u2026 and engineers are already in a race to design drills that can access the subsurface ocean of another moon, Jupiter\u2019s Europa.\nMeanwhile, Congress holds hearings to assess the value of looking for life in space. Seth Shostak goes to Washington to testify. Hear what he said and whether the exciting discoveries in astrobiology have stimulated equal enthusiasm among those who hold the purse strings.\nGuests:\n\n\nElisa Quintana \u2013 Research scientist at the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center\n\n\nChristopher McKay \u2013 Planetary scientist, NASA Ames Research Center\n\n\nVictoria Siegel \u2013 Autonomous systems engineer for Stone Aerospace Inc.\n\n\nCynthia Phillips \u2013 Planetary geologist, SETI Institute\n\nDescripci\xf3n en espa\xf1ol\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices