«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.
Not exact matches
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.&raqu
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.&raqu
in 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 Technol
life and the
search for life in the universe, held at the Earth - Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Tokyo Institute of Technol
life in the
universe, held at the Earth -
Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Tokyo Institute of Technol
Life 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.