Discussing the scientific evidence gathered to date that implies that Earth-like planets should be common in the universe! Also, the purpose of NASA’s recently launched Kepler Space Telescope; the first space-borne telescope designed specifically to detect and count the number of habitable worlds orbiting stars like our Sun! One of the world’s leading authorities on the formation of stars and planets, Alan Boss is a research scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington Department of Terrestrial Magnetism and the author of the book The Crowded Universe. Alan Boss has been elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Meteoritical Society, and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Alan was a member of the Science Working Group for the recently launched NASA’s Kepler Mission and is currently a member of the Kepler science panel. www.perseusbooksgroup.com
