The space genius who needed a guide to life on earth

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Sara Seager is an MIT astrophysicist. She has made it her life’s work to peer into the spaces around stars – looking for exoplanets outside our solar system, hoping to find the one-in-a-billion world that is enough like ours to sustain life. But after the unexpected death of her husband, Sara struggled with some of the new day-to-day tasks that she had to take on. She tells Jo Fidgen the story of how a three-page guide written by her late husband helped her to navigate life on earth, while she continued making ground-breaking discoveries in the skies. A longer version of this interview was first broadcast in October 2020. Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com Presenter: Jo Fidgen Producer: Alice Gioia (Picture: Sara Seager. Credit: Justin Knight)