Is There Life On Other Planets? How Do We Look For It?

05/06/19 • 20 min

ALIEN LIFE: In this inaugural episode, Nate and Sam travel to Penn State’s observatory on the roof of Davey Laboratory to talk to Jason Wright, associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics, about the possibility of life out there in the universe. Does it exist and what are the methods that researchers are using to look for it?
Links to Jason's work:
- @Astro_Wright on Twitter
- Jason's Website
Links to the Eberly College of Science:
- Eberly College of Science Facebook
- Eberly College of Science Twitter
- Eberly College of Science Instagram
- Eberly College of Science Website

STRUCTURAL COLOR: Nate and Sam visit Lauren Zarzar, assistant professor of chemistry at Penn State, to talk about color and a cool kitchen science experiment. Where does color come from and what makes things like opals and butterfly wings iridescent?
Links to Lauren's work:
- @LaurenZarzar on Twitter - https://twitter.com/LaurenZarzar
- Lauren's Website - http://www.zarzarlab.com
Links to the Eberly College of Science:
- Eberly College of Science Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PennStateScience
- Eberly College of Science Twitter - https://twitter.com/PSUScience
- Eberly College of Science Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pennstatescience
- Eberly College of Science Website - http://science.psu.edu/