This is very short notice but I think will be well worth listening to.

A Journey Into Outer Space with Brian Cox

• Are we alone in the universe? How will we ever find out?
• How did the universe begin?
• Will we ever find the mysterious “God particle”? What would it mean if we did?
• How soon will we all become space tourists?

Just some of the questions to be explored today by a gathering of the world’s leading scientists and hosted by Brian Cox, BBC presenter and Particle physicist.

Speakers include:
Brian Cox, Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester

Richard Holmes, Biographer whose latest book, The Age of Wonder, chronicles the scientists of the Romantic age who laid the foundations of modern science

Colin Pillinger, Planetary scientist best known as leader of the Beagle 2 project, the attempt to land a British built spacecraft on Mars in 2003

Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal

Charles Simonyi. Software architect and spaceflight participant who has twice been aboard the International Space Station
Chair

Rick Stroud, Film-maker and author of The Book of the Moon

Want to listen in?  The event is going to be live-streamed the stream link and more information can be found on the intelligencesquared.com site including Facebook and Twitter links.

NOTE: The talk is scheduled to begin at about 18:45 UTC that is 2:45 PM EDT. Be sure to check in a little earlier than that so you don’t miss anything.