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Lee Billings writes about the intersections of science, technology, and culture for Nature, Nautilus, New Scientist, Popular Mechanics, Scientific American, and many other publications.

His first book, Five Billion Years of Solitude, chronicles the scientific quest to discover other Earth-like planets elsewhere in the universe.

Billings lives in New York City with his wife, Melissa.

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“I have lost tolerance for things without meaning. There is no time for them. Does that make sense? - Sara Seager”
Lee Billings, Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars

“For a time, the shuttles and the ISS collectively consumed nearly half of NASA’s total budget, all while offering only the slimmest fraction of scientific returns in comparison to drastically less expensive robotic exploration.”
Lee Billings, Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars

“It did not stand to reason, Lucretius wrote, that “this was the only world and heavens created, and that beyond it those many bodies of matter do nothing at all.”
Lee Billings, Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars

“I have lost tolerance for things without meaning. There is no time for them. Does that make sense? - Sara Seager”
Lee Billings, Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars

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