# Over 6000 New Worlds; Do Any of them Contain Life? (with Dr. Malena Rice)

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Podcast: [Looking Up](https://stenobird.com/podcast/looking-up-176431)
Published: 2025-10-24T18:28:28+00:00
Episode link: https://www.wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/2025-10-24/over-6000-new-worlds-do-any-of-them-contain-life-with-dr-malena-rice
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After NASA's recent milestone of over 6000 exoplanets tracked, Dean Regas has one big question. Is anyone living on them? On this episode, Dean chats with Dr. Malena Rice, a planetary astrophysicist and assistant professor in the Yale Department of Astronomy, to find out.

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