Brave New Worlds: Looking for Life in The Goldilocks Zone
Join The Takeaway for a week long look at the most “Earth-like” exoplanets. Through the eyes of two leading NASA astronomers, we explore distant worlds that are found light years away from Earth. Dr. Sarah Ballard and Dr. Natalie Batalha take us through the universe, figuratively speaking, with a sensory imagining of how these worlds would look and feel. Many of the places we visit in this series are found in the so-called "Goldilocks Zone,” areas of space that human-like life could potentially thrive.
Early pictures of the planet Ceres reveal tiny bright spots that could be frozen ice, and further study of its surface could answer questions about the formation of our solar system.
Do you dream of exploring the cosmos? NASA Astronomer Natalie Batalha tell us what it's like to be an exoplaneteer—and what it'll be like for humanity as we venture into the universe.
It's possible that we might not find extrasolar life on another planet, but on a moon. The Takeaway explores what it would take to create a habitable moon around a Jupiter-sized planet.
