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Image Credit: NASA S\/N:3500015<\/p><\/div>\n

Today’s Topic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Join us on Earth Day for a presentation on the search for life beyond Earth, where we\u2019ll explore some of the other planets and moons where life could potentially exist. We will discuss endeavors toward becoming a spacefaring civilization, the science of placing Earth in context among the stars, and our quest to know if we are alone in the universe.<\/p>\n

Our Expert<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Rachel Smith, Head of the NCMNS Astronomy & Astrophysics Research Lab and Assistant Professor at Appalachian State University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Today’s Topic Join us on Earth Day for a presentation on the search for life beyond Earth, where we\u2019ll explore some of the other planets and moons where life could potentially exist. We will discuss endeavors toward becoming a spacefaring civilization, the science of placing Earth in context among the stars, and our quest… Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[14,25,47,247],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/120352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120352"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/120352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120361,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/120352\/revisions\/120361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120352"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=120352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}