Podcaster: Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
Title: Astronomy Cast Ep.23: Counting Aliens with the Drake Equation
Organization: Astronomy Cast – http://www.astronomycast.com
Description: 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.
Bio: Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today and Dr. Pamela Gay is a professor at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. They team up to do Astronomy Cast, a weekly facts-based journey through the cosmos.
Today’s sponsor: This episode of “365 Days of Astronomy” is sponsored by EclipseGlasses.com. Each week we will have a random drawing for a prize package from our sponsor. Enter the code for this week into this site: https://cosmoquest.org/achievements/code for a chance to win.
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