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Dark Energy, Life Searches Make Strange Bedfellows

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Re:Not the EU, but Europe's Space Program! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What kind of question is that? Don't you know that America was that close to get a vice-president that wouldn't be able to find the US on a map of Nort America? I think you need to adjust your expectations a bit.

    Instead you got a president that's visited 57 states, which is so much better. As for Biden's screw-ups ... no better than Palin, from an outsiders perspective. Oh, and you can't spell North America apparently, though it's possible you could find it on a map but we can't tell for sure over the internet.