Transcript: In terms of life beyond Earth and life beyond the solar system, what are the prospects? Astronomers have learned that long-lived stars, planets, and carbon chemistry seem to be universal phenomenon. We know that planets exist around many nearby stars. We know that carbon is readily...

Transcript: In terms of our speculation about life in the universe, what can we conclude with all the information we have learned about the history of life on Earth. We have learned that life formed very early in extreme conditions. We’ve learned that carbon chemistry offers many different...

Transcript: The Multiverse concept seeks to explain the unusual conditions in our universe by hypothesizing a multitude of universes with different physical properties. In only a tiny fraction of those universes are the physical conditions or the laws of nature suitable to the formation of stars...