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Neil deGrasse Tyson, Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium, hosts and moderates a lively discussion about how life might have formed on Earth and explores what alien life might look like elsewhere in the universe. What criteria do we use to classify life as we know it? Should the criteria be revised as we look for life on other worlds?

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2017 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: De-Extinction
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2016 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Is the Universe a Simulation?
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2015 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Water, Water
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2014 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Selling Space
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2013 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: The Existence of Nothing
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2012 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Faster Than the Speed of Light
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2011 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: The Theory of Everything
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In 2020, the Museum is celebrating the legacy of Charles Hayden, whose vision made the Hayden Planetarium possible and brought the universe to New York City.

2020 Asimov Panelists:

Nathalie A. Cabrol
Director, Carl Sagan Center for Research, SETI Institute

Vera Kolb
Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

Seth Shostak
Senior Astronomer & Institute Fellow, SETI Institute

Carol Cleland
Director of the Center for the Study of Origins and Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado

Max Tegmark
Director of the Foundational Questions Institute and Professor of Physics, MIT

The late Dr. Isaac Asimov, one of the most prolific and influential authors of our time, was a dear friend and supporter of the American Museum of Natural History. In his memory, the Hayden Planetarium is honored to host the annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate—generously endowed by relatives, friends, and admirers of Isaac Asimov and his work—bringing the finest minds in the world to the Museum each year to debate pressing questions on the frontier of scientific discovery. Proceeds from ticket sales of the Isaac Asimov Memorial Debates benefit the scientific and educational programs of the Hayden Planetarium.

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