Extrasolar Planets + Extraterrestrial Life

We are finding more and more places where life other than our own may exist. Specifically, we're detecting planets, with increasingly Earth-like characteristics, orbiting around nearby stars

On the 8th of April, Al Boudreau will explain the tools astronomers are using, and the success of amateur astronomers in detecting such planets. This talk will describe near-future efforts to actually image an exoplanet, and discuss the question of how we will know if we have found evidence for life on any of these mysterious orbs.

Mr. Boudreau will discuss a scientific and very accessible treatment of extraterrestrial life using astronomical observations and various concepts which explore for signs of life.

This is part of a multi-month lecture series, sponsored by SoVerA, on the implications of life elsewhere in the universe and our efforts to find it.

The presentation, free and open to the public, will be held at the monthly SoVerA Meeting, held at the Whiting Library at 7:00 PM, Tuesday, 8 April, Lower Level.

The Southern Vermont Astronomy Group (SoVerA) is an organization composed of amateur and professional astronomers, educators, students and members of the lay public. We are dedicated to making astronomy much more accessible to all. Talks and presentations are free, open to the public, and held at the Whiting Library, lower level, on the second Tuesday of every month, with observing afterwards, sky conditions permitting.

More information may be found at: http://www.sovera.org/ or by calling 802-875-6464.