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Fridlund, M.European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
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The Search for Worlds Like Our Own
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Mary Ann Liebert Inc,2010
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https://research.chalmers.se/publication/120230URI
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https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2009.0380DOI
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The direct detection of Earth-like exoplanets orbiting nearby stars and the characterization of such planets particularly, their evolution, their atmospheres, and their ability to host life-constitute a significant problem. The quest for other worlds as abodes of life has been one of mankind's great questions for several millennia. For instance, as stated by Epicurus similar to 300 BC: "Other worlds, with plants and other living things, some of them similar and some of them different from ours, must exist.'' Demokritos from Abdera (460-370 BC), the man who invented the concept of indivisible small parts-atoms-also held the belief that other worlds exist around the stars and that some of these worlds may be inhabited by life-forms. The idea of the plurality of worlds and of life on them has since been held by scientists like Johannes Kepler and William Herschel, among many others. Here, one must also mention Giordano Bruno. Born in 1548, Bruno studied in France and came into contact with the teachings of Nicolas Copernicus. He wrote the book De l'Infinito, Universo e Mondi in 1584, in which he claimed that the Universe was infinite, that it contained an infinite amount of worlds like Earth, and that these worlds were inhabited by intelligent beings. At the time, this was extremely controversial, and eventually Bruno was arrested by the church and burned at the stake in Rome in 1600, as a heretic, for promoting this and other equally confrontational issues (though it is unclear exactly which idea was the one that ultimately brought him to his end). In all the aforementioned cases, the opinions and results were arrived at through reasoning-not by experiment. We have only recently acquired the technological capability to observe planets orbiting stars other than our Sun; acquisition of this capability has been a remarkable feat of our time. We show in this introduction to the Habitability Primer that mankind is at the dawning of an age when, by way of the scientific method and 21(st)-century technology, we will be able to answer this fascinating controversial issue that has persisted for at least 2500 years.
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Eiroa, C.Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM)
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Henning, T.Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. (MPG),Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (MPG)
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Herbst, T.Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. (MPG),Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (MPG)
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Lammer, H.
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Leger, A.Université Paris-Sud XI,University of Paris-Sud XI
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Liseau, René,1949Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology(Swepub:cth)liseau
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Paresce, F.Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
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Penny, A.STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,Royal Observatory
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Quirrenbach, A.
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Rottgering, H.Universiteit Leiden (UL),Leiden University (UL)
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Selsis, F.Université de Bordeaux,University of Bordeaux
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White, G. J.Open University,STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
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Absil, O.Universite de Liège,University of Liège
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Defrere, D.Universite de Liège,University of Liège
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Hanot, C.Universite de Liège,University of Liège
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Stam, D.Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON)
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Schneider, J.Observatoire de Paris-Meudon
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Tinetti, G.University College London (UCL)
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Karlsson, A.European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
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Gondoin, P.European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
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den Hartog, R.European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
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D'Arcio, L.European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
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Stankov, A. M.European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
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Kilter, M.European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
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Erd, C.European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
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Beichman, C.
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Coulter, D.
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Danchi, W.NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Devirian, M.
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Johnston, K. J.
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Lawson, P.
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Lay, O. P.
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Lunine, J.University of Arizona
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Kaltenegger, L.Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM)
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