Sentences with phrase «in search for life in the universe»

«Bursts of methane may have warmed early Mars: Findings may help in search for life in the universe
«Our quest on Mars has been to «follow the water,» in our search for life in the universe, and now we have convincing science that validates what we've long suspected,» said John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.
It is possible that what is happening at the Vostok station today is the beginning of our next chapter in the search for life in the universe.

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To speak of chance for a universe which presents such a complex organization in its elements and such marvelous finality in its life would be equivalent to giving up the search for an explanation of the world as it appears to us.
Because, Lord, by every innate impulse and through all the hazards of my life I have been driven ceaselessly to search for you and to set you in the heart of the universe of matter, I shall have the joy, when death comes, of closing my eyes amidst the splendour of a universal transparency aglow with fire...
We suspect that this search for alien life is driven not so much by intellectual curiosity as by the desire to feel that we're not alone in the universe.
Voytek said most researchers are enthusiastic when she tells them how their field of study can factor into the search for life in the universe.
In this slim but absorbing introduction to the epic search for life on extrasolar planets, Sasselov explores how astronomy, geology, and biology are conspiring to give us a radical new vision of a universe in which our living Earth is «just another planet.&raquIn this slim but absorbing introduction to the epic search for life on extrasolar planets, Sasselov explores how astronomy, geology, and biology are conspiring to give us a radical new vision of a universe in which our living Earth is «just another planet.&raquin which our living Earth is «just another planet.»
That suggests a counterintuitive idea in the broader search for life in the universe: Maybe a little death from the skies is actually a good thing.
To search for information about life in the universe, see www.seti.org.
Kepler's bureaucratic history was even more tortured than Corot's, but the spacecraft is headed for launch on April 10, 2009, and astronomers are counting on it to settle the question of just how common Earths are — a result that will guide the whole future search for life in the universe.
One of the reasons that the search for life elsewhere in the universe is so exciting is that it would take only one chance discovery, one lucky break, for all the walls to come tumbling down.
Milner told today's press conference that Breakthrough Listen would «take the search for intelligent life in the universe to a whole new level.»
I spent some of last week at a fascinating and lively symposium on the origins of life and the search for life in the universe, held at the Earth - Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Tokyo Institute of Technollife and the search for life in the universe, held at the Earth - Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Tokyo Institute of Technollife in the universe, held at the Earth - Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Tokyo Institute of TechnolLife Science Institute (ELSI) at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Enough to devote an appreciable effort with existing telescopes to search for life elsewhere in the universe?
Still, Weinberger says, the recent discoveries are very encouraging in the search for life in the cosmos, especially if astronomers find that complex organic substances are widespread throughout the universe.
Greaves has been searching for phosphorus in the universe, because of its link to life on Earth.
Decades of futile searching for extraterrestrial life will make us refine our science and re-examine our role in the universe
As scientists step up their search for other life in the universe, two astrophysicists are proposing a way to make sure we don't miss the signal if extraterrestrial observers try to contact us first.
Directed by astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger, the Institute has built an entirely new research group, spanning 10 departments and including more than 20 faculty who focus on the search for life in the universe.
I think James Gunn, the author of the 1972 science fiction novel «The Listeners» about radio astronomy and the search for other life in the universe, said it well: «It may be that there is no one out there or if there is someone out there he will never speak to us or we to him, but our listening is an act of faith akin to living itself.
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Watch the Kavli Foundation Google + Hangout webcast to learn about the High Definition Space Telescope (HDST), a bold proposal for a futuristic space telescope that would take our search for alien life in the universe to a whole new level.
Each planet is rocky, warm, and could contain liquid water — making them great candidates in the search for life elsewhere in the universe.
Finding sources of funding to search for life in the universe can be tricky, with only a few individual wealthy investors and limited opportunities for government research support.
Looking far beyond our local stellar neighborhood, the HDST would search for the origins of the chemistry of life in an evolving universe.
This telescope in Greenbank, West Virginia will join in the search for intelligent life in the universe as part of the Breakthrough Listen endeavor.
Signal, the message received in 1977 by SETI in seeming response to our collective search for intelligent life in the universe.
The second story sees thinking machines from the future travel back in time in search of their creator, Alan Turing, while the final story, made with nanobiophysicist Bart Hoogenboom, travels across the universe on a mission to find the origins of life and a cure for death.
Greaves has been searching for phosphorus in the universe, because of its link to life on Earth.
Therefore, along with the demands of the workforce or the job search, and her role as caregiver, a single mom becomes the sun in her child's universe, the giver and sustainer of life, the lifter of spirits, the healer of scraped knees and wounded hearts around which the child revolves for his every emotional and physical need.
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