Dark Energy, Life Searches Make Strange Bedfellows

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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Re:I can't be...

[jamesh]

So this is what it feels like to be the first one to post?

Nope. I think I beat you to it.