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IR STIG PRIMA Seminar, 28 Sept 2026

Time Domain in the Thermal Infrared: NEOWISE, NEO Surveyor, and the Hunt for Hazardous Asteroids. Speaker: Joseph Masiero (California Institute of Technology / IPAC) Exploring the Synergies Between PRIMA and JWST: A Study of PAHs Across Cosmic Time. Speaker.

Peter D. Ward

Professor: Biology, Earth & Space Sciences, U. WashingtonAuthor: Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe(w/D. Brownlee, 2003, Springer)Author: The Life and Death of Planet Earth(2003, Times Books) How will humanity first discover ET Life?Best Guess: biosignatures (Solar System)Microbial Life– May be right next door, on…

‘Great Debate’ Lesson Plan for Undergraduates

by Robert J. Nemiroff and Jerry T. Bonnell This lesson plan is meant to be used for undergraduates studying astronomy to supplement to an existing introductory astronomy course. As such, it may guide the instructor in preparing her/his own lecture or be distributed and read by the class.

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