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How To Know If It's Aliens

Season 7 Episode 16 | 14m 08s

There’s one rule on Space Time: It’s never Aliens. But every rule has an exception and this rule is no exception because: It’s never aliens, until it is. So is it aliens yet? And on today’s Space Time we’re going to examine all the best case scenarios for life beyond Earth.

Aired: 05/10/21
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