(AbSciCon 2010) is finishing up today after a week long series of meetings organized by the astrobiology community.
Scientists from all over the world who are working in the multidisciplinary field of astrobiology — the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe are reporting on research findings and plan future endeavors.
Evolution of Life
Is this years "Theme" for AbSciCon 2010 , and is focusing on surviving catastrophes and extremes on Earth and beyond. The conference will address, among other things, how environmental, chemical, biological, physical, and even social stresses, ranging in scale from the infinitesimal to the catastrophic, affect the pace and course of evolutionary change.
Astrobiology examines stress, stasis, and change from the cosmic to the molecular level, and start to tackle the questions:
What is necessary for life, and where does it come from?How do habitable environments develop and change?How does life begin and evolve?How does life accommodate environmental change, and vice versa?Can change be engineered, and should it?
These are some of the questions that were to be addressed at this conference.The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum for reporting on new discoveries, sharing data and insights, advancing collaborative efforts and initiating new ones, planning new projects, and educating the next generation of astrobiologists. The conference will feature plenary sessions on current and controversial topics, topical sessions, evening programs, and public events.
The scientific search our in the universe has been ongoing and there is no end in sight. There are 2,000 plus Earth observatories, and hundreds of space missions and satellite launches; yet no government has come forward to claim they have found life in the galaxy. If and when the do, NASA has declared itself to be our planetary protectors.
Tweets from the lectures and events are provided by the Astrobiology Magazine on their twitter feed.
Any published articles or reports from the conference should make for an interesting read. No doubt, the leading astrobiologists are proving that there is in fact, justification in the expectation that science will be advanced. It’s too bad they can’t, or won’t prove that UFO’s and aliens exist and that President Obama has cut NASA’s budget. [read more -Ahrcanum]
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