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Planetary Systems Research at Armagh
http://star.arm.ac.uk/~jec/res-planets.html
Planetary Systems At Armagh we are investigating the following questions: How did our solar system form? How many planets can support life? Are planetary systems stable? For a list of published papers on these subjects, go to John Chambers homepage. | |
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APOD: November 15, 1996 - Searching For Solar Systems
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap961115.html
Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. November 15, 1996 Searching For Solar Systems... | |
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Origins Theme Roadmap
http://origins.jpl.nasa.gov/library/themeroadmap/thememap15.html
Stellar and Planetary Systems Elements of an Investigation an Example [ BACK | INDEX | NEXT ] Investigation 4 Search for other planetary systems around a variety of stars and determine the orbits, masses and other properties of the planets... | |
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Astronomical Circumstances
http://www.planetarybiology.com/astronomical
Planetary Biology Home Astronomical 1 Astronomical 2 Astronomical 3 Astronomical 4 Astronomical 5 Astronomical 6 Astronomical 7 Astronomical 8 Astronomical 9 Astronomical 10 Astronomical 11 Astronomical 12 Astronomical 13 Astronomical 14... |  |
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Astro Report
http://www.planetarybiology.com/trilobiteage/astro3.htm
Astronomical Circumstances This phenomenal zone focuses on the influence of a planet's primary star. For example our sun is Earth's primary star. Although about half of the stars in the Milky Way Galaxy are part of binary systems (two stars... |  |
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NASA Ames: Research
http://www-space.arc.nasa.gov/old/research.html
Go to: NASA / Ames / Space Science Division Ames Space Science Research Astrophysics Exobiology Planetary Systems 1995 Space Science Division Report Leonid '98: Meteor Outburst Mission Kepler: A Search for Habitable Planets Cassini Rings and Dust... | |
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ExNPS Study
http://www.imsa.edu/edu/astro/astrostudents/96_97_2/t04p2/study.html
ExNPS Study The ExNPS Study is NASA's new program ". . to explore (i.e., to detect and study) neighboring planetary systems and to characterize and image individual planets in those systems." So far, 135 researchers from 53 universities, companies.. | |
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Origins: Science Roadmap Missions/Investigations Overlay
http://origins.jpl.nasa.gov/library/scienceplan/science09.html
. [ BACK | INDEX | NEXT ] MISSIONS/INVESTIGATIONS OVERLAY Significant Contribution Contribution . SIM NGST TPF R&A* 1 Fate of baryonic matter 2 Early galaxies 3 Chemical evolution of the universe 4 Heavy chemical elements planetary formation 5... | |
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Planets, Planets Everywhere
http://www.anomalous-images.com/news/news207.html
Source: MSNBC July 11 By Alan Boyle This week in space - Planets, Planets Everywhere Is there life on other planets? It will take decades to even begin to answer that question, but scientists are suddenly finding plenty of places to look on faraway. | |
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Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF)
http://www.ae.utexas.edu/~harold/professional/Origins/telescopes3.html
A Review of Three Space Telescopes for the NASA Origins Program Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) TPF Background TPF New Technologies TPF Scientific Goals Figure 15:TPF Design TPF Background The TPF will be an interferometer operating at an L2 orbit.. | |
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"CORNELL ATACAMA TELESCOPE"
http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/atacama/orig_planet.html
THE ORIGIN OF PLANETS AND PLANETARY SYSTEMS A large-aperture infrared telescope will put Cornell at the forefront of studies of planet formation in the Galaxy. Studies of solar system planets are needed to understand the time scale and process of... | |
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Astrobiology Objective2: Origin of Life's Cellular Components
http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/roadmap/objectives/o2_cellular_components.html
Objectives How Does Life Begin and Develop? Objective 1 Sources of 0rganics on Earth Objective 2 Origin of Life's Cellular Components Objective 3 Models for Life Objective 4 Genomic Clues to Evolution Objective 5 Linking Planetary and Biological... |  |
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OVERVIEW OF TERRESTRIAL SURFACE SYSTEMS
http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~ge148/1998B/overview.html
Env/Ge 148b TERRESTRIAL SURFACE SYSTEMS OVERVIEW OF TERRESTRIAL SURFACE SYSTEMS 16 December 1997 1. RELATIONSHIP TO THE GLOBAL EARTH SYSTEM (GES) GES includes Atmosphere, Oceans, Continents at all timescales, and extraterrestrial inputs like solar.. | |
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Livable Planets
http://ccf.arc.nasa.gov/dx/archives/seti_hrms/other/livableplanets.html
Livable Planets Contact: Diane Farrar (415) 604-9000 (office) Jan. 14, 1994 Mountain View, Calif. -- Top scientists from throughout the world will meet Jan. 19-21 at NASA Ames Research Center to discuss conditions necessary for life to begin on... | |
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This is our project-page!
http://www.astro.rug.nl/~onderwys/sterIIproject97/emonts/
How does the broad structure of a solar system contribute to the possibility of creation and development of life as we know it? Bjorn Emonts When we are going to look for suitable places in the universe where life could exist, we first have to know. | |
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Astrobiology Goal 1: How Life Arose on Earth
http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/roadmap/goals/g1_life_arose.html
Goals How Does Life Begin and Develop? Goal 1 How Life Arose on Earth Goal 2 Organization of Matter into Living Systems Goal 3 How Life Evolves Goal 4 Coevolution of the Biosphere and the Earth Does Life Exist Elsewhere in the Universe? Goal 5... | |
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http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/workshop/report/frintro.html
http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/workshop/report/frintro.html
Introduction Astrobiology is defined in the 1996 NASA Strategic Plan as "The study of the living universe." At NASA's Ames Research Center, this endeavor encompasses the use of space to understand life's origin, evolution, and destiny in the... | |
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Astronomy 101/103: Lecture 26
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/astro101/lec26.htm
LECTURE 26: THE HABITABILITY OF WORLDS Astronomy 101/103 __ Terry Herter Lecture Topics The question of life The balance of powers What controls the Earth's temperature? Ecospheres and Habitable Zones The Greenhouse Effect Influence of the stellar.. | |
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The Instrumental Challenge
http://origins.jpl.nasa.gov/library/exnps/ch04_3.html
Click to go to Chapter: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [References] [Appendices] 4.1 ROAD MAP ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT OTHER SOLAR SYSTEMS 4.2 THE STELLAR POPULATION 4.3 THE HABITABLE ZONE 4.4 TECHNIQUES FOR FINDING PLANETS 4.4.1 DIRECT... | |
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Astronomy 101/103: Lecture 28
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/astro101/lec28.htm
LECTURE 28: OTHER WORLDS AND MARTIAN LIFE Astronomy 101/103 __ Terry Herter Lecture Topics Planets around other stars have been detected! First Extrasolar planet! Numerous other now found. Evidence for life (in the past?) on Mars Meteorites... | |
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Overview of the Kepler Mission
http://www.kepler.arc.nasa.gov/summary.html
Overview of the Kepler Mission Importance of Planet Detection Kepler Mission Science Objectives Mission Overview Kepler Mission Search Space Assumptions Used to Estimate Results Expected Results Differential Photometry Simulated Transits Flight... | |
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Life may be commonplace beyond Earth, scientists say
http://www.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/health/101498/health13_15976_body.html
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PopSci.com | Headlines
http://ads.popsci.com/news/10151998.life_beyond.html
OCTOBER 07, 17:04 EDT Scientists Eye Life Beyond Earth By PAUL RECER AP Science Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) - New theories and new understanding about how life can evolve and flourish have led to new optimism among scientists that there may be... | |
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IS410 Lecture Notes
http://www.otterbein.edu/dept/PHYS/is410/life.html
LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE Is there any life in the Universe beyond Earth? There's no evidence that there is, but it seems likely--there's nothing special about the Earth. What conditions led to the origin of life on Earth, and how likely is it those... | |
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Astrobiology
http://www.wcresa.k12.mi.us/nasa/astrobiology.htm
Exobiology and Astrobiology: the New Science Overview Links Scientists Widen the Hunt for Alien Life (excellent) " .. a quiet revolution is now challenging this view and shaking the foundations of exobiology, the study of the possibility of life... | |
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Planet search yields intriguing finds
http://www.msnbc.com/news/340436.asp
In a sign that the pace of planet detection is quickening, six new worlds have been added to a list that now exceeds two dozen. Five of the six are particularly intriguing: Their orbits lie within what's known as the |
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These six planets are all thought to circle sunlike stars. MJ stands for the mass of Jupiter. AU stands for Astronomical Units, the equivalent of Earth's distance from the sun, or 93 million miles: |
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HD 10697: 106 light-years away in Pisces. Planet's minimum mass: 6.37 MJ. Orbital distance: 1.87 to 2.39 AU. Orbital period: 1,072 days. |
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HD 37124: 108 light-years away in Taurus. Planet's minimum mass: 1.04 MJ. Average orbital distance: 0.55 AU. Orbital period: 155.7 days. |
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HD 134987: 83 light-years away in Libra. Planet's minimum mass: 1.58 MJ. Average orbital distance: 0.81 AU. Orbital period: 260 days. |
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HD 177830: 192 light-years away in Vulpecula. Planet's minimum mass: 1.22 MJ. Orbital distance: 0.63 to 1.57 AU. Orbital period: 392 days. |
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HD 192263: 65 light-years away in Aquila. Planet's minimum mass: 0.78 MJ. Orbital distance: 0.15 AU. Orbital period: 24.36 days. |
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HD222582: 137 light-years away in Aquarius. Planet's minimum mass: 5.4 MJ. Orbital distance: 0.39 to 2.31 AU. Orbital period: 576 days. | |
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3 planets found around distant star
http://www.msnbc.com/news/259470.asp
Astronomers say three giant planets have been detected around a sunlike star, representing the first planetary system that scientists think could be like our own |  |
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Chemistry and Spectroscopy of Planetary Atmospheres
http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/archives/docs/pale_blue_dot/chemistry.html
Chemistry and Spectroscopy of Planetary Atmospheres What gases would we expect to find in an Earth-like extrasolar planet atmosphere and what might their detection tell us about the presence of life on that planet? These questions overlap strongly.. |  |
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