[Interview] The Tricky Part of Finding Extraterrestrial Life

Finding extraterrestrial life is a goal for a lot of space missions. Telescopes are analysing distant planets in search of biosignatures. We've spent a lot of time thinking about what it will be like to find life on other planets. But what if we don't? What happens then? Finding out in this interview. 👉 [Interview+] Same video. No ads. Bonus part https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Dr Daniel Angerhausen https://dananger.me 📜 What if we Find Nothing? Bayesian Analysis of the Statistical Information of Null Results in Future Exoplanet Habitability and Biosignature Surveys https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/adb96d/meta 00:00 Intro 02:03 Proving or disproving life 11:24 Agnostic factors to observe 21:08 Solutions for the Fermi Paradox 32:25 Current obsessions 38:44 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/ksToCDS8cI4 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Support Universe Today Podcast