Last Minute TV Viewing Alert: Finding Life Beyond Earth

By Nancy Atkinson - October 19, 2011 11:56 PM UTC | Astrobiology

A new NOVA show airs

tonight

(October 19) in the US on public television, called "Finding Life Beyond Earth." It includes interviews with many big names in planetary science and like any

NOVA show

, should be excellent. PBS has

a great website that goes along with the show,

and for those of you that don't live in the US or get a public television station, PBS usually posts the videos of NOVA shows online later. Above is a trailer for the show.

Check your local listings

for when it will air; if you miss it first time around, local stations will sometimes re-air the show during the middle of the night!

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Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.

Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and through this program, she has the opportunity to share her passion of space and astronomy with children and adults through presentations and programs. Nancy's personal website is nancyatkinson.com