Calculating The Odds of Intelligent Alien Life explores the possibility of intelligent life on other planets using the Drake Equation, a mathematical formula that calculates the number of technological civilizations in the Milky Way that we could make contact with. Narrated by astronomer Jill Tarter and animated by TED-Ed, the video takes a closer look at one of Chris Anderson’s Questions No One Knows the Answers to.
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