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Universe Today:
Though it may seem an unlikely location to happen upon a conference on astrobiology, the Vatican recently held a "study week" of over 30 astronomers, biologists, geologists and religious leaders to discuss the question of the existence of extraterrestrials. This follows the statement made last year by the Pope's chief astro (Read More)
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Discovery Space: Cosmic Ray:
When will we find the first “earthlike planet” in thegalaxy?According to some mainstream news reports we have found themalready -- again and again and again.The problem is one of semantics. If an exoplanet is closeto the same mass of Earth it’s called "earthlike" in press releases and the newsmedia. The one that got lot of (Read More)
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Exoplanetology:
Today, I indulged the child in me by exploring other Worlds with child-like eyes through poetry. With bite-sized Exo-poems from Jack Prelutsky, The Swamps of Sleethe is a literary exploration of exoplanetary proportions. It is nicely complemented by the illustrations of Jimmy Pickering.The moment I saw this book, I knew ins (Read More)
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Astronomy.com blog:
Aliens and science don’t usually go together. Maybe it’s the, let’s say, “disheveled” look of the overly eager UFO enthusiasts and abductees. Both professional and amateur astronomers alike are quick to distance themselves from talk of UFOs. But that is a far cry from saying there is no alien life. While there remains no so (Read More)
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Universe Today:
Fraser and Pamela recently unleashed their astronomical prowess in a big way with five new episodes of Astronomy Cast. Included are some very thought-provoking topics like astrobiology, space elevators and interstellar travel, not to mention a whole host of other topics covered in a couple of questions shows. So, here's a (Read More)
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Exoplanetology:
When I started the @exoplanetology twitter account I did not expect that it would take me to an amazing journey through fascinating worlds. Well Twitter is a world of it's own, but it has allowed me to learn and discover new interesting realms that i could never have known without this medium. My goal to answer the question (Read More)
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Universe Today:
Courtesy of Pennsylvania State UniversityResearchers have breathed new life into a bacterium trapped deep under glacial ice in Greenland — for over 120,000 years.The researchers, who hail from Pennsylvania State University, say the newly discovered bacterium may hold clues as to what life forms might be frozen on other plan (Read More)
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Exoplanetology:
Any point outside the Habitable Zone (HZ) can potentially be an Extremophile Zone (EZ)Judging from the fact that the Habitable Zone (HZ) is such a narrow region around a star or a galaxy, the difficulty in searching for planets and life around such areas calls for an alternative route:I simply propose that we "consider" lif (Read More)
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Exoplanetology:
As a whole, the Crossroads conference was the best conference I have ever attended. The harrowing experience I went through as I drove through the foggy road overnight to Cambridge was well worth it. If I was a real journalist, the event would have been a treasure trove of terrific science topics to write about. Every singl (Read More)
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Exoplanetology:
If i wanted to go into an expedition of an alien safari, I would visit this place: Expedition by Wayne Barlowe.It is speculative biology and Imaginative science at it's best, all rendered with great artistic skill by an artist with a scientific bent, or perhaps a scientist with an artistic inclination.Whichever is the case, (Read More)
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Exobiology
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Exoplanetology:
They say the best way to predict the future is to invent it. Here is how the future will be invented as seen from the lens of Exoplanetology. The list below can be treated as a roadmap for those involved. Or it can be a hopeful glimpse of what is to come.1) Deluge of Exoplanets - between 60 to 80 new exoplanets within 2009 (Read More)
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Reports about fledgling efforts of David Kipping and other British astronomers to start detecting moons around the extrasolar planets that we keep discovering around other stars.
Breathe in the newly launched Exoplanetology.com, a new site devoted to all aspects about the science of exoplanetology and astrobiology. (Read More)
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After eight years and repeated photographs of a nearby star in hopes of finding planets, University of California, Berkeley, astronomer Paul Kalas finally has his prize: the first visible-light snapshot of a planet outside our solar system. (Read More)
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Exoplanetology
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Exoplanetology:
This coming Saturday, July 19, 2008 there will be an interactive Family Science Fair at the SETI Institute, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. At SETI's Celebrating Science 2008 Family Science Faire, you will have the opportunity to meet SETI Institute scientists and discover what the future holds for SETI and astrobiology and learn about (Read More)
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