SIGNS OF LIFE.
The article profiles astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who analyzes photons from the light of distant stars in an effort to determine whether there is evidence of extraterrestrial life. A discussion of Kaltenegger's involv...
| Publicado en: | Smithsonian Vol. 38; pp. 64 - 67 |
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Smithsonian Magazine
Fall2007 Special Issue
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| Sumario: | The article profiles astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who analyzes photons from the light of distant stars in an effort to determine whether there is evidence of extraterrestrial life. A discussion of Kaltenegger's involvement in an international project that would build a flotilla of satellites which would be capable of capturing light from distant, Earth-like planets is presented. The difficulties associated with the study of light from stars and planets is discussed. |
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