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Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ, PhD, director of the Vatican Observatory and winner of the Carl Sagan prize, uses his latest book:Would you Baptize an Extraterrestrial...? as a springboard to discuss the search for extraterrestrial life and the philosophical and religious questions that raises.

After his talk, Brother Guy will be joined astronomer Prof David Slavsky and Islamic Scholar Prof. Omer Mozzafar who will respond and present Jewish and Muslim perspectives on the question of extraterrestrial life. A reception will follow the event.

Cosponsored by Sheil Catholic Center at Northwestern University, the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and NU Hillel