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Exoplanetology

  1. Our probes would need to have the ability to detect patterns in order to find exolife. Identifying fractals must be among its abilities.
  2. Ah, the fractal tree. Could the fractal nature of trees persist in planets with different properties?
  3. @LeeBillings welcome back!
  4. ! Congratulations @SpaceX #ISS @NASA ! #Dragon [Good catch!]
  5. Nostalgic B & W images of potential worlds! RT @ProfAbelMendez Adaptive Optics Images of Kepler Objects of Interest bit.ly/KeW8UQ
  6. Hi @smalldemons, i would love for you to add planets in your 'places' category! Looking forward to the day when you'll index #scifi books!
  7. Yes. RT @SkyShare Widen the goal in the search for alien life: We need to cast off our bias bit.ly/LH5r2A
  8. @BeritEllingsen wow!
  9. @BeritEllingsen yes, its beautiful. It has an otherworldly feel. Wish I could go there too.
  10. Travelling at 20% lightspeed also meant that our forward detection is shortened by that amount. Uh-oh. A dark nomad planet is in our path...
  11. number of nomad planets that might exist in the Milky Way Galaxy? 100,000 for every star, just do the math now bit.ly/L8VSa9 #exogasm
  12. @BucherJones oh wow
  13. @BucherJones How so? O_o Well, then, i will use the term 'Zeitgeber' to discuss the influence of sun/star on organisms. >.<
  14. I think that lifeforms on a nomad planet would have no circadian rhythm.
  15. Nomads of the Galaxy bit.ly/JoaZ05 A Pluto-sized nomad planet is a convenient size for the microlensing technique.
  16. What does it take for a Super-Earth to support life? meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2012/sessi…
  17. Adrift in Space: Could Nomad Planets Carry Life? Stanford Astrophysicist L. Strigari 5/24 9am bit.ly/JARAKg