Sara Seager

Sara Seager

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Sara Seager is a professor of planetary sciences at MIT, recognized for her work on exoplanets and the search for extraterrestrial life. In recent discussions about K2-18b, she has cautioned against premature conclusions regarding the planet's atmosphere, referencing past misinterpretations of atmospheric data.

Born on Apr 19, 1971 (55 years old)

Global Media Ratings
Dominance
0.01%
Persistence
0 wks
Reach
468,531
Power
4,697$
Sentiment
8.00
Countries Mentioned
Country Mentions Sentiment Dominance + Persistence x Population = Reach x GDP (millions) = Power
Brazil 1 8.00 0.21% +0% 211,049,527 449,999 $1,500,000 3,198$
Switzerland 1 8.00 0.21% +0% 8,654,622 18,532 $700,000 1,499$
Totals 2 219,704,149 468,531 $2,200,000 4,697$
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Recent Mentions

Switzerland Switzerland: Sara Seager is from MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is involved in the search for extraterrestrial life. 8

Neue Zürcher Zeitung: Gibt es Aliens? Wie ETH-Forscher nach Leben im All suchen

United States United States: Sara Seager is a professor of planetary science and physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a coauthor of the study. 7

CNN: Astronomers detect a solar system they say should not be possible

Canada Canada: Sara Seager is an MIT professor and exoplanet scientist who is moving her research program to the University of Toronto. 8

The Globe and Mail: NASA’s Pandora is on a mission to help answer the question: Is there other life out there?

Canada Canada: Sara Seager is a Canadian-born astrophysicist currently at MIT who has played a prominent role in a NASA mission to discover planets around nearby stars. 8

The Globe and Mail: U of T hires three top U.S. scholars, plans for 100 new postdocs

Switzerland Switzerland: Sara Seager is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a pioneer in the study of exoplanets. 9

Neue Zürcher Zeitung: So funktioniert die Suche nach Aliens

Canada Canada: Sara Seager, a Canadian-American astrophysicist at the Massachusetts Institute, called the announcement from the Cambridge group 'a problematic start'. 4

The Globe and Mail: Did scientists actually find the strongest evidence of alien life yet?

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein: Sara Seager noted that previous traces of water vapor in the atmosphere of K2-18b turned out to be another gas. 5

O Estado de S. Paulo (Estadão): Telescópio espacial detecta ‘indícios’ de vida em um exoplaneta