We stand on a great threshold in the human history of space exploration. If life is prevalent in our neighborhood of the galaxy, it is within our res…

- Sara Seager

In the old days, people thought that wouldn't be amenable to life. Modern studies with computers have shown that it's okay to be tidally locked. If a…

- Sara Seager

Were getting closer and closer to finding a habitable world.

- Sara Seager

Being a scientist is like being an explorer. You have this immense curiosity, this stubbornness, this resolute will that you will go forward no matte…

- Sara Seager

Understanding different planets in their environments is still really important. So if these planets are dead lifeless worlds, it will still be usefu…

- Sara Seager

Sometimes, I think people just want a distraction. It's something you can get excited about that doesn't have to do with politics. It makes you think…

- Sara Seager

I don't think discovery of a new planet has a huge meaning for children now, but what it means is the world they're growing up in is very different f…

- Sara Seager