"A Dream of Discovering Alien Life Finds New Hope"

Lisa Kaltenegger hopes to identify the first candidate living planets.

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Lisa Kaltenegger, founding director of the Carl Sagan Institute
Lisa Kaltenegger, founding director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University. “I think a lot of people might not be so aware of where we are right now, and that they are living in this momentous time in history,” she said. “We can all be a part of it.” Heather Ainsworth for The New York Times

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Lisa Kaltenegger, pictured at Cornell University's Fuertes Observatory.
Lisa Kaltenegger, pictured at Cornell University's Fuertes Observatory. Sasha Maslov for Quanta Magazine
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