Science Movie Club: 'Contact'

Published: May 21, 2020, 8 a.m.

b'Yes, there actually are astronomers looking for intelligent life in space. The 1997 film adaptation of Carl Sagan\'s \'Contact\' got a lot of things right ... and a few things wrong. Radio astronomer Summer Ash, an education specialist with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, breaks down the science in the film.

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