Travel with Jim Green to the forefront of the search for extraterrestrial life. Hear about the latest work by planetary scientists studying the evolution of our planet and the sun, and their quest to reveal clues about life in our own solar system and beyond. He will explore some startling parallels that suggest both Venus and Mars had environments that would have been habitable in their distant past and studies to probe the icy moons Europa and Enceladus, which may have the ingredients needed for life as we know it.

Green worked at NASA for 42 years. He has been NASA’s Chief Scientist and was the longest serving director of the Planetary Science Division with the overall programmatic responsibility for the New Horizons spacecraft flyby of Pluto, the Juno spacecraft to Jupiter, and the landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars, among others. He has written over 125 scientific papers in refereed journals and over 80 technical and popular articles. In 2015, Jim coordinated NASA’s involvement with the film The Martian. In 2017, Asteroid 25913 was renamed James Green in his honor.

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Jim Green will also appear as a panelist at the S.T. Lee Film Screening of The Hunt for Planet B by SHS Visitor Nathaniel Kahn on Friday, November 15, at 5:00 p.m. in Wolfensohn Hall. (More information here)