A Great Potential for Love

"Natalie Batalha hunts for "exoplanets" -- Earth-sized planets beyond our own solar system -- that might have liquid water and harbor life. ...And, I've never met anyone who speaks more intriguingly than Natalie Batalha about the connection between science, love, and gratitude for life. She is a luminous voice for the way exploring the heavens -- as we do that now -- is bringing the beauty of the cosmos and the exuberance of scientific discovery closer home to us all.

http://www.dailygood.org/story/580/on-exoplanets-and-love-krista-tippett/