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MINI ALMANAC
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Moon phase
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 THE
SETI PROJECT
Who's out there? Are we alone in the universe? Scientists involved
in SETI — the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence — are using
modern technology to search for the answer to this fundamental questions.
They listen for a signal from space. This arises more questions:
How do we know if a signal is from ET? And: what happens if we find
something?
Over the last years, scientists have developed a theory of cosmic
evolution that predicts that life is a natural phenomenon likely
to develop on planets with suitable environmental conditions. Scientific
evidence shows that life arose on Earth relatively quickly, suggesting
that life will occur on similar planets orbiting sun-like stars.
With the recent discoveries of extrasolar planetary systems, and
the suggestive evidence that life may once have existed on Mars,
this scenario appears even more likely.
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 Books
on ET science:
A number of books have recently been published, addressing
the debate on the possibility of extraterrestrial life, intelligence
and even civilizations.
The matter is leaving the hands of science-fiction writers,
for the hands of researchers in disciplines as diverse as
biology, astronautics, planetology and physics.
A theory is that although life could be common, civilization
could be rare.
See some of the new titles on this debate ...........more
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 PANSPERMIA
How did life start on Earth ? Can life exist elsewhere ?
These twe questions are deeply related to the quest for extraterrestrial
life: for example, if life was - so to say - unavoidable,
then it would be ubiquitous.
A hypothesis considers the opposite case: what if the emergence
of life happened only once in the universe, and then
spead across it?
Can life have colonized the universe, spreading 'seeds' from
planet to planet ?
This hypothesis is called Panspermia ...more
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