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When real life pulled an astrophysicist back to Earth

After an unexpected death, a scientist found comfort searching for life among the stars. Sara Seager is an astrophysicist and a professor of physics and planetary science at MIT. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss becoming a widow and feeling immense grief while searching for exoplanets that might sustain life light years away. Her book “The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir” newly out in paperback.