Jason Steffen is associate professor of physics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. A longtime science team member of NASA's Kepler mission, he has contributed to the discovery and characterization of thousands of exoplanets that orbit distant stars. In the first half, he shared insights into the journey of the Kepler mission and its groundbreaking discoveries. Launched in 2009, Kepler operated for about four years and then was repurposed in what was known as the K2 mission, providing an additional five years of data. He explained the distinctions between Kepler and the Hubble Space Telescope-- Kepler was designed to be very precise at making measurements of stars, which allowed it to identify over 2,700 new planets, while Hubble was more adept at taking stunning photos.
He noted that when Kepler launched, no planets were known outside of the solar system, and its mission was to find Earth-like worlds. The data revealed an unexpected diversity of planets. "The typical planet that Kepler found is about three to five times the mass of the Earth," he reported. Among Kepler's remarkable findings were "hot Earths," planets similar in size to Earth but orbiting their stars in just one day, leading to extreme conditions. "If you were on the surface of one of those planets, the sun...would fill half the sky...[and] you'd be swimming in a sea of molten rock," he marveled.
The conversation shifted to the possibility of intelligent life beyond Earth. Steffen shared insights from his colleague David Kipping, who posits that "if life formed really quickly on the Earth... then it's easy for life to get started." Recent fossil discoveries suggest life on Earth began much sooner than previously thought, making the existence of life elsewhere in the galaxy seem more plausible.
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In the latter half, medical medium and spiritual teacher Kimberly Meredith discussed her healing work, soul frequencies, and spirit guides. Her childhood was filled with intuitive experiences, including "eye fluttering" or blinking related to her spirit communications. These experiences were suppressed due to parental pressure; however, after an accident, she reconnected with her gifts and further developed her mediumistic abilities. Her healing work can involve laying hands on individuals to facilitate energy healing. "I just put my hand over the tumor... it would just dissolve off the body," she claimed, adding that she can also conduct healing remotely, such as on the phone or the Internet.
Speaking about her journey into channeling and the concept of "soul frequency codes," she revealed that these codes, which consist of numbers linked to a person's soul, uncover insights about individual life paths and missions. "Everything in the universe has a frequency and a code," she said, highlighting her belief that these codes generally remain constant throughout a person's life, asserting, "The first four numbers are very important to each individual person," and different frequencies may reflect why we get along with certain people.
Meredith also shared her insights about the future, predicting a spiritual awakening around 2034, which she described as "the beginning of us" rather than an end. Elaborating on the fifth dimension, she characterized it as a state of love and trust, free from judgment. The 3D world has a "low density energy" with fear and hate, she noted, contrasting it with the uplifting energy of the fifth dimension. During the last hour, she gave readings for callers.
News segment guests: Dr. Chris Gilbert, Kevin Randle