Laura Bassi Series: Life (in) the Universe, and Everything

by Dr Eleonora Alei (ETH Zurich.)

Thursday 10 Mar 2022, 14:30 → 15:30 Europe/Rome

Online event

Life (in) the Universe, and Everything

 

ABSTRACT:After the discovery of the first exoplanet orbiting a Main Sequence star in 1995, exoplanetology has become a robust field of astrophysics. With more than 4000 confirmed planets and counting, we are able to study how diverse the population of planets is. Surprisingly, little to no planets similar to Earth were found so far. Is it because there is only one Earth in the whole universe, or is it because Earth twins are too weak to be detected with modern telescopes? How does this impact the search for other life forms in the universe? This talk will focus on these questions, showing the latest news and prospects for the search of an inhabited exo-world.

 

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