Dimitar Sasselov

Dimitar Sasselov

Biography:

Dimitar Sasselov is a Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University and the founder and director of the Harvard Origins of Life Initiative. His research has been covered by the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and others. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

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  • Exoplanets/ AI

    In the first half of the show, Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University, Dimitar Sasselov, discussed the unprecedented breakthroughs in exoplanetary astronomy, and how they will shed new light on our place in the universe. He coined the term "super-Earth," which refers to...More »

Last Night

Contact with Non-Humans / Haunted Port Gamble
Contact with Non-Humans / Haunted Port Gamble
Tom Matte sees connections and reimagines information and data in unique ways. He joins Connie Willis (info) to discuss how he sees and experiences contact from non-human intelligent beings and why he is on a mission to create technology to triangulate these holographic images...

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