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Sara Seager is a planetary scientist at MIT, known for her work on the search for exoplanets.
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\nHere's the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
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\nOUTLINE:
\n00:00 - Introduction
\n05:32 - Falling in love with the stars
\n09:55 - Are we alone in the universe?
\n15:27 - Seager equation for number of habitable planets
\n27:48 - Exoplanets
\n34:44 - Earth-like exoplanets
\n40:43 - Intelligent life
\n52:34 - Number of planets per star
\n55:09 - Space exploration
\n57:36 - Traveling to Proxima Centauri
\n1:00:52 - Starshade
\n1:07:34 - Using the sun as a gravitational lens
\n1:09:44 - Starshot
\n1:12:45 - Rogue planets
\n1:15:44 - The Smallest Lights in the Universe
\n1:30:15 - Book recommendations
\n1:37:48 - Advice for a young person
\n1:39:29 - Meaning of life