eric ford's kennedy space center talk "hubble & the search for habitable worlds"
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Eric Ford, Penn State Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, and deputy director of the Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds, will be a featured speaker on April 25th at 1 p.m. at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center's Astronaut Encounter Theater. His talk will explore whether there are habitable planets beyond our solar system, and how Hubble has contributed to this quest over the past 25 years.TRANSCRIPT
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Saturday, April 25
1:00 p.m.
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center
Astronaut Encounter Theatre
Hubble Telescope and the Search for Habitable Worlds
Eric Ford
Penn State professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Are there habitable planets beyond our solar system? How has Hubble contributed to this quest over the past 25 years? Join planet hunter Eric Ford, deputy director of Penn States Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds and Professor of Astronomy
and Astrophysics, to explore the potential for life on planets beyond Earth from an astronomical perspective. Discover what makes a habitable zone, learn about some of the bizarre worlds scientists have discovered among the over one thousand recent exoplanet discoveries, and consider the implications for the origins of our own solar system. Bring your questions for an out-of-this-world conversation!