Title | Intelligent Life in the Universe |
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File Size | 4.6 MB |
Total Pages | 124 |
SETI: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Are we alone? History of SETI Current situation Crowded skies or lonely planet? Drake equation Fermi paradox Anthropic cosmological principle Is the Sun a typical star? Exoplanets: Search methods and results Rare Earth Habitable Zones Timescales and Galactic Habitable Zone Tides, magnetic field, plate tectonics Earth's obliquity, Moon and Milankovitch Cycles Is the Solar System unique? Characteristics of the Solar System Titius-Bode law, resonances, stability and chaos Planet formation Uniqueness of the Solar System Conclusions