ARIEL Science Conference
On behalf of Giovanna Tinetti: We kindly invite you to attend the ARIEL (Atmospheric Remote-Sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey) science conference to be held at the University Foundation, Egmontstraat 11 rue d’Egmont, in Brussels (Belgium) on November 21-23, 2016. ARIEL is one of the 3 European Space Agency medium class candidate missions competing for selection in 2017 as M4 for a launch in 2025/6. ARIEL will investigate the atmospheres of several hundreds of planets orbiting distant stars. During its 3.5-year mission, ARIEL will observe approximately 500 exoplanets ranging from...
Read MoreEvent: An Evening with the Planets
[On behalf of Joanna Fabbri (UCL)]: The UCL/Birkbeck Centre for Planetary Sciences presents: An Evening with the Planets 2016! What? Join us for an open evening of presentations and discussion about the world-class planetary research going on at UCL and Birkbeck. When? Monday 20 June 2016, from 18:00 – 20:30. Where? UCL Marquee, Front Quad Who? Presentations and discussion with the CPS programme coordinators, early-career researchers and postgraduate students. Programme: 18:00 – Arrivals and posters – a chance to discover the cutting-edge research currently being carried out by...
Read MoreSummary of RAS Discussion Meeting on Space Resources
A summary of the Royal Astronomical Society Discussion Meeting on space resources, held in London on 8 April, is available on arXiv. The meeting examined how science will benefit from the use of extraterrestrial resources. Videos of the talks can be viewed online at the RAS website. [Image credit: NASA]
Read MoreConference: Evolution of Chemical Complexity
Conference Announcement: Evolution of Chemical Complexity: From simple interstellar molecules to terrestrial biopolymers”, Liblice Castle, Czech Republic, 13 – 15 September 2016. The meeting will try to map the chemical evolution of the molecular building blocks of life from their possible sources in the interstellar medium, the atmospheres of planets and on their surfaces. It also aims to serve to engage the astrochemistry and systems chemistry communities into a dialogue. The meeting venue is Liblice Castle (http://www.chateau-liblice.com/), an 18th century castle in a wonderful park...
Read MoreThe Basics of Astrobiology: Recorded Lectures
The Basics of Astrobiology: Recorded Lectures In December 2016, as part of the Search for Life: From Early Earth to Exoplanets meeting in Vietnam, a two-day training school in the basics of astrobiology was held. This covers topics from astrophysics, geosciences and life sciences. Recordings of the lectures are available below: Astrophysics and Astrochemistry Nikos Prantzos – Nucleosynthesis and Galactic Chemical Evolution Masatoshi Ohishi – Astrochemistry Planetology and Geosciences Alain Lecavellier – Exoplanets Hervé Martin – Early Earth Geosphere Geosciences and...
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