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"The Life of Super Earths" with Dimitar Sasselov - Feb. 16, 2012

In 1543 Copernicus showed that our planet isn't the center of the universe. Centuries later, we know that just as Earth is not the center of things, the life on it is probably not unique, either. Or is it? Learn how the search for "super-Earths" - rocky planets larger than our own that orbit other stars - may provide the key to answering essential questions about the origins of life here and elsewhere. Speaker Dimitar Sasselov is director of the Harvard Origins of Life Initiative and author of "The Life of Super-Earths: How the Hunt for Alien Worlds and Artificial Cells Will Revolutionize Life on our Planet." Recorded on Feb. 16, 2012