Podcast: Counting Aliens with the Drake Equation

From: Sam Wormley <swormley1@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:24:11 GMT

Podcast: Counting Aliens with the Drake Equation

If you're wondering how many extraterrestrials there are in our galaxy,
you just have to use a simple equation developed by astronomer Frank
Drake in 1961. Just find out how many stars there are, how many support
life, how many advanced societies form, and a few other details and
we'll be set.

Listen: http://media.libsyn.com/media/astronomycast/AstroCast-070212.mp3
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