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SUMMARY:New Worlds and Life in the Universe - Geoffrey W Marcy (University
  of California\, Berkeley)
DTSTART:20071116T163000Z
DTEND:20071116T173000Z
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CONTACT:Richard McMahon
DESCRIPTION:Science fiction presumes a universe brimming with habitable wo
 rlds and teeming with advanced life engaged in interstellar travel.  Recen
 t astrophysical observations offer the first hard evidence about these ass
 umptions.  The actual occurrence of habitable planets is emerging from obs
 ervations of planetary systems.  The conditions necessary for life are eme
 rging from biological study of diverse environments on Earth.  Intelligent
  life in the Milky Way Galaxy is detectable by myriad diagnostics already.
   The empirical results are interesting.  New\, specialized telescopes are
  being constructed to survey our universe for outposts and signposts of li
 fe. 
LOCATION:Sackler Lecture Theatre\, IoA (tea at 4.00 pm)
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