For thousands of years, humans have wondered whether we are alone in the cosmos. Now, for the first time, we have the technology to investigate. But how do you find life over cosmic distances? What is life, actually? And where are we the aliens? 

Join us in-person or virtually for a live Chats in the Stacks book talk with Lisa Kaltenegger, associate professor in Astronomy and founding director of Cornell University's Carl Sagan Institute, as she addresses these questions in discussing her new book Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos (Macmillan Publishers, 2024).

This talk is co-hosted by Mann Library and the Clark Physical Sciences Library. Light refreshments will be served.