Exoplanets
Life in the Universe?
Credit: NASA/Ames Research Center/Jessie Dotson and Wendy Stenzel
All events are free and open to the public. Unless otherwise noted, all events will take place in Barrows Auditorium at the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College.
Schedule
Wednesday, March 27
10:40 Chapel
Rhiannon Blaauw, M.Sc.,
(Physics and Astronomy)
Edman Chapel
7:00 Searching for Signs of Life on Mars with the Curiosity Rover
Roger Wiens, Ph.D.
8:00 Break for coffee and refreshments
8:15 Zooming in on Exoplanets
Arend J. Poelarends, Ph.D.
9:15 Session Concludes
Thursday, March 28
7:00 How will NASA Detect Life on an Extrasolar Planet?
Denise Stephens, Ph.D.
8:00 Break for coffee and refreshments
8:15 On the Implications of Discovering Life Elsewhere in the Universe
(panel with
Rev. Emily H. McGowin, Ph.D.
Robert O’Connor, Ph.D.
Arend J. Poelarends, Ph.D.
Denise Stephens, Ph.D.
Roger Wiens, Ph.D.)
9:30 Session Concludes