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Sara Seager

Planetary Scientist, Physicist

Sara Seager is a planetary scientist and astrophysicist. She has been a pioneer in the vast and unknown world of exoplanets, planets that orbit stars other than the sun. Her ground-breaking research ranges from the detection of exoplanet atmospheres to innovative theories about life on other worlds to development of novel space mission concepts. Now, dubbed an “astronomical Indiana Jones”, she on a quest after the field’s holy grail, the discovery of a true Earth twin. Seager earned her Ph.D. from Harvard University and is now the Class of 1941 Profesor of Planetary Science and Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is a MacArthur Fellow and was named in TIME magazine’s 25 Most Influential in Space in 2012.

Past Programs Featuring Sara Seager

Saturday, May 31, 2014 | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Saturday, May 31, 2014 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Saturday, June 2, 2012 | 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

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