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SUMMARY:The Search For New Planets - Maximilian Guenther (University of Ca
 mbridge)
DTSTART:20151130T170000Z
DTEND:20151130T180000Z
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CONTACT:Matouš Ptáček
DESCRIPTION:  Abandoned Martian landscapes\, stormy water planets\, inhosp
 itable ice worlds – whether in `The Martian'\, `Interstellar' or `Star T
 rek'\, we are used to fictional scientists searching for a new Earth. But 
 do such worlds exist in reality? This question was strongly debated for mi
 llennia - until the first extra-solar planet was found 20 years ago. Nowad
 ays we know of thousands of exoplanets\, whose variety urged us to rethink
  theories about our own solar system. In order to learn more about our hom
 e we first needed to start a quest for new worlds. And this quest has just
  begun.\n\n  This talk will give a summary of the exciting field of exopla
 net research. I will discuss the scientific revolution the first discoveri
 es caused\, driving methods for detection and characterization\, inspiring
  new missions\, as well as the search for habitability.
LOCATION:Harker Room 1\, Department of Earth Sciences
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