Chestnut Hill College Presents Lecture on Red Dwarf Stars and Little Green People

Rev. Frank Haig, S.J., Ph.D., professor emeritus of physics at Loyola University, Maryland and Scott Engle, Ph.D., adjunct professor of astronomy at Villanova University and Chestnut Hill College present the lecture, “Red Dwarf Stars and Little Green People?” on Wednesday, October 2, at 7 p.m. at the Commonwealth Chateau, SugarLoaf Hill campus. This lecture is sponsored by the Institute for Religion and Science at Chestnut Hill College.

The question of whether or not Red Dwarfs can support habitable (life-bearing) planets is becoming a profound one, especially given how numerous they are. This program will present recent research on Red Dwarf Stars and their planets, ponder the question of what difference extraterrestrial life would make for humanity.

The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit www.irands.org.