Humans have studied planets in the solar system, including our own Earth, for centuries. Garrett Levine, PhD candidate in astronomy at Yale, offers a fascinating exploration of exoplanets and the search for other Earth-like planets in our galaxy. Only in the mid-1990s did astronomers first find planets that orbit stars other than the Sun. In the thirty years since that monumental discovery, over 5000 additional planets have been discovered. Perhaps surprisingly, very few of these "exoplanets" resemble anything like the…

Award winning author Janika Oza will speak at New Canaan Library in celebration of the release of the paperback edition of A History of Burning. This compelling narrative spans a century of time, four generations of family, five continents and multiple languages, illuminating the themes of family, survival, inheritance, immigration, and colonialism, while centering on one individual’s desperate, destructive act that haunts his family for generations. Along with a discussion and audience Q&A, Janika will be signing copies of A…