Geoff Marcy on March 5, 2008 at 7 p.m.

On Wednesday, March 5th, at 7 p.m., Astronomer Geoff Marcy of the University of California, Berkeley, will give a non-technical, illustrated talk on: New Worlds and Yellowstone: How Common are Habitable Planets? as part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures in the Smithwick Theater, Foothill College, El Monte Road and Freeway 280, in Los Altos Hills, California. Free and open to the public.

Star Trek and Star Wars would have us believe that the universe is teeming with habitable planets and advanced species of life. In reality, after the discovery of more than 250 planets orbiting other stars, both Earth-like planets and extraterrestrial intelligence have proved elusive. Soon, new telescopes will begin hunting such planets.

Join the scientist who has discovered more planets than anyone else in history in a discussion of what these telescopes are likely to find.