David Kipping is an astronomer at Columbia University, director of the Cool Worlds Lab, and host of the Cool Worlds YouTube channel. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:41 - Habitable exoplanets
12:01 - Alien life in our Solar System
23:51 - Starship
27:59 - James Webb Space Telescope
41:18 - Binary planets
51:34 - Exomoons and Kepler-1625b
1:05:04 - Discoveries of alien life
1:18:46 - Aliens
2:05:14 - Oort clouds
2:16:00 - Future of astronomy
2:29:15 - Alpha Centauri
2:41:33 - Kardashev scale
2:53:12 - AI and space exploration
3:10:07 - Great Filter
3:21:22 - Colonization of Mars
3:28:06 - Simulation hypothesis
3:40:18 - Advice for young people
3:44:36 - Meaning of life
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