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Aliens are out there. But where exactly?
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Since I was a kid, I had a big question: “WHERE are all the aliens?”

Still, as an adult, I desperately want to be alive when we discover real extraterrestrial life! And I don’t mean the conspiracy theories, well-meaning but totally wrong science fiction. Or even “the math says there should be someone somewhere”! No. The real science.

I want to know… how are we ACTUALLY going to find aliens? Because if we want to be alive when we find them… cosmically, we don’t have long!

So, I reached out to one of the most important scientists in the search for intelligent life outside our solar system… and who is leading a new effort to find alien life INSIDE our solar system too…

In this episode, we’re going to show you the real science and tech behind the incredible push happening right now to actually find aliens.

HUGE* Conversations is an independent journalistic interview show. Our mission is to show the futures the most important leaders in science and tech are building, so you can decide for yourself what you think of them. Interviewees do not see questions ahead of time, have any editorial control, get paid or pay HUGE*, or see the HUGE* Conversation before publication.

Chapters:
00:00 How are we going to find aliens?
03:06 How do we find planets around other stars?
08:03 How do we see inside an exoplanet’s atmosphere?
10:59 Have we found an Earth twin?
12:22 How do we block out a star’s light?
14:17 What is Starshade?
17:03 What signs of life are we looking for?
18:45 What counts as intelligent life?
21:08 Could we detect alien technology?
22:10 Could aliens detect us from far away?
24:47 Could alien life be AI?
27:42 Why is Venus called Earth’s evil twin?
30:10 What’s inside the Venus probe?
32:07 Can life survive in sulfuric acid?
34:32 Where should we look for aliens next?
37:32 Why does Sarah Seager want to find another Earth?
39:04 🙂

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Bio:
Cleo Abram is an Emmy-nominated independent video journalist. On her show, HUGE* If True, Cleo explores complex technology topics with rigor and optimism, helping her audience understand the world around them and see positive futures they can help build. Before going independent, Cleo was a video producer for Vox. She wrote and directed the Coding and Diamonds episodes of Vox’s Netflix show, Explained. She produced videos for Vox’s popular YouTube channel, was the host and senior producer of Vox’s first ever daily show, Answered, and was co-host and producer of Vox’s YouTube Originals show, Glad You Asked.

Additional Reading and Watching:
Venus Morning Star Missions, “Morning Star Missions to Venus”: https://www.morningstarmissions.space/
Sara Seager, “Books”: https://www.saraseager.com/books
National Academy of Sciences, “Sara Seager”: https://www.nasonline.org/directory-e…
The Big Think, “The chemistry on Earth’s sister planet doesn’t add up | Sara Seager”: • The chemistry on Earth’s sister planet doe…
TED, “The search for planets beyond our solar system | Sara Seager”: https://www.ted.com/talks/sara_seager…
TEDx Talks, “Towards the search for life on other earths | Sara Seager | – TEDxCoconutGrove”: • Towards the search for life on other earth…

NASA’s exoplanet map: https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/
Kepler Space telescope: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/kepler/
Roman Space telescope: https://science.nasa.gov/roman-and-webb/
Coronagraph, explained: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/roma…
Habitable World’s Observatory: https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics…

Government Venus Missions:
DAVINCI: https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/nas…
VERITAS: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/veri…
Envision (ESA): https://www.esa.int/Science_Explorati…

Related Shortform from HUGE*:
• The First Photos On Venus’ Surface
• Is There Life on Venus?
• Crazy New Machine Helps Us Find Aliens
• This Telescope Is Showing Us Something New
• What Is This Strange Line of Planets?
• The Way We Search for Aliens Is Insane
• This Giant Machine Helps Find Aliens

Music: Musicbed, Tom Fox

Follow along for more episodes of HUGE* If True: https://www.youtube.com/cleoabram?sub…

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Hey, welcome to the joke down low!

What did the puzzle say to the alien?
I come in pieces.

Find a way to use “puzzle” in a comment to let me know you’re a real one who made it to the end of the description 🙂

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