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David Kipping is an astronomer at Columbia University, director of the Cool Worlds Lab, and host of the Cool Worlds YouTube channel. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  (00:00) - Introduction
  (05:10) - Habitable exoplanets
  (15:30) - Alien life in our Solar System
  (27:20) - Starship
  (31:28) - James Webb Space Telescope
  (44:47) - Binary planets
  (55:04) - Exomoons and Kepler-1625b
  (1:08:34) - Discoveries of alien life
  (1:22:15) - Aliens
  (2:08:43) - Oort clouds
  (2:19:30) - Future of astronomy
  (2:32:45) - Alpha Centauri
  (2:45:03) - Kardashev scale
  (2:56:41) - AI and space exploration
  (3:13:37) - Great Filter
  (3:24:51) - Colonization of Mars
  (3:31:35) - Simulation hypothesis
  (3:43:48) - Advice for young people
  (3:48:06) - Meaning of life

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