LIVE ONLINE! TUESDAY, May 28 @ 8PM, Secret Science Club presents Astrophysicist & Author Lisa Kaltenegger, FREE!

Secret Science Club Online presents Astrophysicist & Author Lisa Kaltenegger on ALIEN EARTHS

Join us live via ZOOM on TUESDAY, May 28 @ 8PM (Eastern Time USA) "Doors" open at 7:30PM 

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For thousands of years, humans have wondered whether we are alone in the cosmos. Finally, we have the technology to investigate, to peer deeper into space than ever before. But would we recognize signs of life on other worlds if we detected them? Astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger wants to make sure we do.

The director of Cornell University's Carl Sagan Institute and the author of ALIEN EARTHS: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos, Lisa Kaltenegger is leading a team of astronomers, biologists, geologists, and atmospheric scientists in developing tools to spot extraterrestrial life in images & data captured by deep space observatories.

At the next Secret Science Club, Lisa Kaltenegger explores recently discovered exoplanets that have altered our cosmic view – planets covered in oceans of lava, lonely wanderers lost in space, and planets with more than one sun. She also looks at the imagined worlds of science fiction and how close they may come to predicting extraterrestrial reality. What forms might life take on faraway moons and planets?

Before & After
-- Mix up our cosmic cocktail of the evening, the "Deep Space Explorer"… (recipe below!)
--Groove to out-of-this-world tunes
--Bring your questions for the live Q&A
--Snag a copy of Lisa Kaltenegger’s stellar new book, Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

Lisa Kaltenegger has spent the last decade finding new ways to spot life in the cosmos. The Director of the Carl Sagan Institute and Associate Professor in Astronomy at Cornell University, she is a Science Team Member of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Mission, as well as the NIRISS instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope. The author of over 100 scientific papers, Dr. Kaltenegger and her research have been featured in the New York Times, New Yorker, Washington Post, Guardian, and Scientific American and on BBC Radio 4 and NPR’s Morning Edition.

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What's next at Secret Science Club?
On Wednesday, June 5, we will be back on Zoom with the Spring 2024 Lasker Lecture, featuring Nobel Prize winner Thomas Cech on The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets. Stay tuned for details!

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Cocktail Recipe for the “Deep Space Explorer” (created by the Secret Science Club Experimental Mixology Lab)
Ingredients: 3 oz Red Wine, 3 oz San Pellegrino Aranciata Rossa (blood orange soda), 1 Lemon Slice, 5 blueberries, 3 Ice Cubes
- Pour red wine and soda into a large wine glass
- Add ice cubes
- Top off with a slice of lemon and blueberries
** (For a mocktail version, substitute cranberry juice for the wine.)

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.