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Researchers at the OU are investigating the possibility of life on comets,moons and extrasolar planets and will reveal their recent findings during a special World Space Week lecture titled 'Is the...re life beyond Earth?' in Berrill lecture theatre, The Open University, Milton Keynes on Tuesday 7 October 2014. Professor Ian Wright, who led the OU's 20-year involvement in the Rosetta mission – the world’s first attempt to land a spacecraft on a comet - will document the journey. Professor Wright will discuss the possible connection that life on Earth has with the materials they will look at with their sensors and detectors once the spacecraft lands. Professor David Rothery will look at whether the conditions necessary for life are likely to occur at or beneath the surfaces of the icy moons of giant planets such as Jupiter and Saturn. Dr Carole Haswell will discuss the international efforts to find habitable conditions on planets orbiting stars other than the Sun, and will discuss her work revealing a new population of potentially habitable planets which offer the possibility for life in our Galaxy long after the Earth is swallowed by the Sun.
Researchers at the OU are investigating the possibility of life on comets,moons and extrasolar planets and will reveal their recent findings during a special World Space Week lecture titled 'Is the...re life beyond Earth?' in Berrill lecture theatre, The Open University, Milton Keynes on Tuesday 7 October 2014. Professor Ian Wright, who led the OU's 20-year involvement in the Rosetta mission – the world’s first attempt to land a spacecraft on a comet - will document the journey. Professor Wright will discuss the possible connection that life on Earth has with the materials they will look at with their sensors and detectors once the spacecraft lands. Professor David Rothery will look at whether the conditions necessary for life are likely to occur at or beneath the surfaces of the icy moons of giant planets such as Jupiter and Saturn. Dr Carole Haswell will discuss the international efforts to find habitable conditions on planets orbiting stars other than the Sun, and will discuss her work revealing a new population of potentially habitable planets which offer the possibility for life in our Galaxy long after the Earth is swallowed by the Sun.
| First transmission date: | 25-09-2014 |
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| Published: | 2014 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | Contact the OU Archive prior to any re-use. Contact university-archive@open.ac.uk. |
| Duration: | 00:00:31 |
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| Contributors: | David Rothery; Carole Haswell; Ian Wright |
| Publisher: | The Open University |
| Link to related site: | External url: https://youtu.be/9QaZVj-1GMU |
| Production number: | OUR00078 |
| Available to public: | no |
