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LOCATION:4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
SUMMARY:Direct imaging of the nearest habitable planets \, Chaos & Com
 plex Systems Seminar\,  Margaret Turnbull\, Global Science Institute
DESCRIPTION:In the last twenty years\, exoplanetary science has revolu
 tionized the study of planetary systems and how they form -- and the n
 ext key goal motivating exoplanetary science is to discover and charac
 terize exo-Earths. This talk will review (1) where we stand currently 
 with habitable planet detection\, (2) the reasons to attempt a direct 
 imaging mission and the surprising multitude of factors that play into
  designing such a mission\, and (3) what we could conceivably learn ab
 out life in the neighborhood of the sun with current and near-term tec
 hnology. Although this young field has generated intense public intere
 st and yielded thousands of surprising results\, we may have barely sc
 ratched the surface of what the universe has to offer.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=3286
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