Exoplanets

Batalha is an astrophysicist at NASA Ames Research Center and the project scientist for NASA’s Kepler Mission. Hear about what she is working on and how she got to where she is today.

When Ruth finds a box of old comic books in her attic, the three friends are inspired to write and film their own science fiction movie with aliens, robots, and space explorers.

Dr. Hannah Wakeford is on the cutting edge researching and hunting for exoplanets. Many of these newly discovered planets are in the Goldilocks Zone where conditions may be right to support life.

Batalha is an astrophysicist at NASA Ames Research Center and the project scientist for NASA’s Kepler Mission. Hear about what she is working on and how she got to where she is today.

A researcher from NASA Ames shares his work to develop new direct imaging technologies to study exoplanets in greater detail and discover habitable worlds outside of our solar system.

Tom Barclay and Hannah Wakeford will talk about what we have learned so far in our exploration of exoplanets to look for biomarkers, signs of alien life.