Winchester Academy hosts astrobiologist

Dr. Margaret Turnbull

Dr. Margaret Turnbull will present “Searching for Life Beyond Earth” at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, at the Waupaca Area Public Library.

Hosted by Winchester Academy, the program is free and open to the public.

Turnbull will describe the fast-changing landscape of the search for life on other worlds. She will give a brief overview of the different ways scientists can carry out this search.

NASA is now developing its Exoplanet Exploration Program in earnest, and Turnbull acknowledges a successful exploration will tell many stories of how each unique family of planets comes into being, including Earth.

Turnbull has a doctorate in astronomy. An astrobiologist, she is a principle investigator at the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute’s Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe.

She is the director of the Global Science Institute, a Wisconsin-based science and education nonprofit established in 2008.

Winchester Academy programs are funded through sponsors and tax-deductible donations. Turnbull’s program is sponsored by Nyles and Genny Eskritt.

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