Are We Alone? The Search for Other Earths Lawrence Rudnick, Univ. of MN Prior Lake Rotary: Nov. 2009.

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Are We Alone? The Search for Other Earths Lawrence Rudnick, Univ. of MN Prior Lake Rotary: Nov. 2009

Are We Alone? Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Extremophiles Search for Other Planets

Our 5 billion year old story …

First, looking close to home… Europa Enceladus

Out to the stars …

What we see… Artist’s conception Early solar system Pre-planetary Disks

On to Planets… Direct imaging Transit Doppler shifts

Direct imaging

Transit CoRot (ESA)

Kepler (NASA)

Doppler

Terrestrial Planet Finder (coronagraph) Terrestrial Planet Finder (interferometer) Space Interferometry Mission

Being part of the adventure… Discovering the stories Sharing the stories Minnesota Planetarium and Space Discovery Center Large Binocular Telescope Mount Graham, Arizona

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