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Presenter links search for extraterrestrial life with Earth-observing satellites’ role in climate science
Summary
An unnamed presenter said that while scientists do not yet know whether life exists beyond Earth, robotic missions to Mars and planned missions to Jupiter’s icy moons are probing that question, and that satellite data are already essential for tracking climate change.
An unnamed speaker, a presenter, framed the scientific question of whether humanity is "alone in the universe" and said the answer is unknown but that researchers are actively trying to find it.
The presenter asked, "Are we alone in the universe? I think we all wonder about that," and posed the related technical question of "How far would we need to go beyond Earth to detect life?" He said,…
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