Does intelligent life exist elsewhere in the universe?

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What would it actually take to find intelligent life in the universe — and how would we know when we saw it? Columbia University astronomer David Kipping weighs in on The Joy of Why podcast. Click the related link to listen now: https://youtu.be/-HoVx11GtIw In the full episode "Will We Ever Find Alien Civilizations?", Kipping joins co-host Janna Levin to discuss efforts to frame one of humanity’s oldest existential questions as a tractable scientific problem, why biosignatures have proved so difficult to interpret, and why he believes exomoons may be an overlooked place to search for life. #science #astrobiology #astronomy --------- “The Joy of Why” is a Quanta Magazine podcast about curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge. The mathematician and author Steven Strogatz and the cosmologist and author Janna Levin take turns interviewing leading researchers about the great scientific and mathematical questions of our time. For more episodes visit Quanta Magazine: https://www.quantamag

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