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1610 observation trumps ancient wisdom

“There are infinite worlds both like and unlike this world of ours...We must believe that in all worlds there are living creatures and planets and other things we see in this world.” Epicurius c. 300 B.C. 1610 observation trumps ancient wisdom. 1584.

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1610 observation trumps ancient wisdom

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  1. “There are infinite worlds both like and unlike this world of ours...We must believe that in all worlds there are living creatures and planets and other things we see in this world.” Epicurius c. 300 B.C

  2. 1610 observation trumps ancient wisdom

  3. 1584 "There are countless suns and countless earths all rotating around their suns in exactly the same way as the seven planets of our system . . . The countless worlds in the universe are no worse and no less inhabited than our Earth” Giordano Bruno in De L'infinito Universo E Mondi

  4. Planet Detection

  5. Earth Masses SUPER-EARTHS

  6. An optical/near-infrared space telescope with a filled aperture of at least 8-meters will probably be required to definitively answer the question “Are we alone?” HST 2.4-m JWST 6.5-m ATLAST 8-m ATLAST 16-m

  7. Number of FGK stars in 100 light-year search radius stars Aperture size in meters

  8. 1.5m 2.4m 4m 10m Earth Venus Coronagraph performance vs. telescope aperture

  9. the faint trace of life

  10. The "red edge" is a well-known signature of chlorophyll, which appears green to us only because our eyes aren't very sensitive at the red end of the visible spectrum.

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