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SUMMARY:Alien Earths and The Cliff of Complexity: Science Questions for th
 e Greatest Exoplanet Experiments
DTSTART:20260609T093000Z
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CONTACT:elisabetta.rigliaco@inaf.it
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Daniel Apai (University of Arizona)\n\n\n\nThe next 
 three decades will see the rise of powerful new ground- and space-based ob
 servatories\, innovative instrumentation\, and  astrobiology-motivated ex
 oplanet surveys. What will we learn from these experiments? Which question
 s will become answerable\, and which will remain elusive? How can we desig
 n our experiments to maximize the likelihood of success?\nIn this talk\, I
  will discuss the rapid progress in exoplanet discovery and characterizati
 on within the context of the complexity of potentially habitable planets a
 nd the search for life in the Universe. I will introduce Alien Earths\, ou
 r major NASA-funded astrobiology research project\, and show its strong an
 d unique strategic support for the design of future exoplanet surveys and 
 observatories. I will present Bioverse\, our uniquely comprehensive exopla
 net survey simulation and hypothesis testing framework. I will highlight o
 ur recent and ongoing studies with Bioverse that inform science cases for 
 a broad range of observatories and connect progress in fundamental astrobi
 ology research with the most important future experiments in the field. I 
 will explore which questions can be answered and show how surveys can be d
 esigned to test hypotheses about the atmospheric evolution of habitable wo
 rlds\, the existence of the habitable zone\, discontinuities in exoplanet 
 populations\, and even the origins of life.\n \n\nJoin Zoom Meeting  \n
  \nhttps://unipd.zoom.us/j/82482883288?pwd=MVvmMWSGaiVrGMyAFOdyQG61OAcI7D
 .1\nMeeting ID: 824 8288 3288 Passcode: 072472\n\n\nhttps://indico.dfa.un
 ipd.it/event/1855/
LOCATION:Sala Jappelli (Osservatorio astronomico di Padova)
URL:https://indico.dfa.unipd.it/event/1855/
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