Meet the Experts
The Scientists of Alien Planet

While the planet Darwin IV is fictional, the life forms that could evolve on a planet with its conditions (which include binary suns and 60 percent gravity) are based in science. Below, meet some of the experts consulted in the creation of Alien Planet and the species that inhabit Darwin IV.

Click on a name or picture for more information. And after you've met the scientists, visit the video gallery to hear from them on the big questions, like: "What Is Life?"

Michio Kaku
  Michio Kaku
String Theorist
City University of New York
Jack Horner
  Jack Horner
Paleontologist
Montana State University
Stephen W. Hawking
  Stephen W. Hawking
Physicist
Author, A Brief History of Time
J. Craig Venter
  J. Craig Venter
Mapped the Human Genome
J. Craig Venter Institute
Dr. James Garvin
  Dr. James Garvin
NASA Chief Scientist
Victoria Meadows
  Victoria Meadows
Planetary Scientist
NASA Astrobiology Institute
Wayne Barlowe
  Wayne Barlowe
Artist/Author
Randy Pollock
  Randy Pollock
Space Instrumentation System Architect
Hamilton Sundstrand
Joan Horvath
  Joan Horvath
Executive Director
Global Space League
James Kirkland
  James Kirkland
State Paleontologist
Utah Geological Survey
David Moriarty
  David Moriarty
Biologist
California State Polytechnic University
Curtis Clark
  Curtis Clark
Biologist
California State Polytechnic University