Are we alone in the Universe? Talk, Q&A and drinks with an Open Astrophysicist

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Join us for our second official Open Science Meetup in New York City! We will be joined by astrophysicist and open science enthusiast, Dr. Matteo Cantiello who will discuss one of the most fascinating questions of our time.

Matteo has written a blog post series on the topic:
https://www.authorea.com/27714

Here's a blurb for the talk:
There is on average one planet orbiting every star in the Universe. Our Galaxy (the Milky Way) is an immense disk of gas and stars with a diameter of about 100 000 light years, hosting about 100 billion stars and, therefore, also about 100 billion planets. Take a deep breath. Now, it turns out the Milky Way is just one of 100 billion galaxies that populate our Universe, a colossal expanding stretch of spacetime with an age of 13.7 billion years. The math is trivial: There are about 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 = 10^22 planets out there. This number is extremely large. Apparently larger than the number of grains of sand found in every beach and every desert on Earth! But how many of these planets host life? And in particular, how many planets host intelligent life we might be able to communicate with?

Join us next Wednesday at 6.30pm at the Bitcoin Center to find out more! Drinks will be provided by Authorea.

This event is a collaboration of Authorea.com, Minds.com and the Bitcoin Center NYC.