Friday, November 20, 2009

Dark Energy, Life Searches Make Strange Bedfellows

Posted by timothy on Friday November 20, @02:36AM
from the what-would-the-kids-look-like? dept.
eldavojohn writes"Both the EU and US are using a strategy to merge what used to be two separate searches: the search for exoplanets that may harbor life and the search for dark energy. In an effort to develop 'robust, low-risk missions that maximize the scientific return,' the article analyzes how, without any changes, a space-based dark energy telescope could also check for microlensing events indicating an exoplanet."

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