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Bolton Lecture in Astronomy

Date
Date
Wednesday 12 November 2014

Where must we really go to look for life beyond Earth? - Dr Jonathan Lunine from Cornell University 

Join us for the annual Bolton astrophysics lecture, free and open to the public.

For decades the place to go to look for extra-terrestrial life was Mars. Then, with the discovery by the Galileo orbiter of a liquid water ocean under its surface, Jupiter's moon Europa became a favoured target. However, the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn has added two new targets to the list: the moons Titan and Enceladus. They are very different from each other in their nature, but together they would provide a ‘slam dunk’ in answering the question of whether life is a common cosmic phenomenon.

For further information and to book places please visit: http://www.physics.leeds.ac.uk/home/bolton-lecture