Is Alien Life Out There? Vatican Observatory Co-Hosts Science Conference in Arizona.
Are we alone in the universe? The ultimate question of life beyond Earth and the solar system takes center stage in a science conference led by the Vatican Observatory and a University of Arizona this week.
Nearly 200 scientists are attending the conference, called "The Search for Life Beyond the Solar System: Exoplanets, Biosignature & Instruments," which runs from March 16 through 21 in Tucson, Ariz. The Vatican Observatory is co-hosting the conference with the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory.
"Finding life beyond Earth is one of the great challenges of modern science and we are excited to have the world leaders in this field together in Tucson," said event co-chair Daniel Apai, assistant professor of astronomy and planetary sciences at the UA Steward Observatory, in a statement. "But reaching such an ambitious goal takes planning and time. The goal of this meeting is to discuss how we can find life among the stars within the next two decades." [9 Exoplanets That Could Host Alien Life]
Rev. Paul Gabor of the Vatican Observatory, the conference's other co-chair, added that scientists will give more than 160 research presentations during this week's conference.
According to the organizers, the conference will cover the technical challenges of finding and imaging exoplanets and identifying biosignatures in the atmospheres of far-flung worlds. Other presentations will discuss the study of life forms that live in extreme environments on Earth, which could be apt analogs for life on other planets.
The conference is not open to the public, but NASA's Astrobiology Institute will broadcast a live feed of the sessions. You can learn more about the conference via its website: http://www.ebi2014.org/
http://news.yahoo.com/alien-life-vatican-observatory-co-hosts-science-conference-104643057.html
IMO - ASKING THE QUESTION, IS ALIEN LIFE OUT THERE", IS LIKE ASKING TODAY, "IS THE EARTH STILL FLAT"?
Any "non-skeptic" can look at the many REAL anomalies that have been discussed here and other places, and just know that intelligent input was/is involved. Yes for sure anomaly researchers do sometimes post things that are just rocks, but I am not speaking to those.
It is my thought that until "we" admit that we know they are actually there, we wont find them. It is my thought that looking for something you know exists is an entirely different wasted thought and energy expense vs the energy toward the ever continuing questions of "are we alone" and "are there worlds out there that aliens could live on"??
What a waste of energy, with it not being focused on the reality of their existence, and on actually trying to find them!! :)
NOW, if TPTB (the powers that be) already have all of the answers, then for whatever reason they continue to do all of the stuff to keep that news "black"! Funding universities and others to "continue such search" is just icing on their decption by modus operandi!!