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Are We Alone? The Search for Other Earths

Lawrence Rudnick, Univ. of MN Prior Lake Rotary: Nov. 2009

Are We Alone? Search for

ExtraterrestrialIntelligence

Extremophiles

Search for Other Planets

Our 5 billion year old story …

First, looking close to home…

Eu

ropa

En

cela

du

s

Out to the stars …

What we see…

Artist’s conception

Early solar system

Pre-planetary Disks

On to Planets…

Direct imaging

Transit

Doppler shifts

Direct imaging

Transit

CoRot (ESA)

Kepler (NASA)

Doppler

Terrestrial Planet Finder (coronagraph) Terrestrial Planet Finder (interferometer)

Space Interferometry Mission

Being part of the adventure…

Discovering the stories Sharing the stories

Minnesota Planetarium andSpace Discovery Center

Large Binocular TelescopeMount Graham, Arizona

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