Searching for planets with life
5 November 2003
This animation shows how ESA plans to search for Earth-like planets in other solar systems, with space missions currently in development. It may be possible to find signs that these planets can host life, at least, as we know it.
Related links
- COROT overview
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/COROT_overview - Darwin overview
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Darwin_overview - How many planets are outside our Solar System?
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/How_many_planets_are_outside_our_Solar_System - Looking for life of any shape or form
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Exploring_space/Looking_for_life_of_any_shape_or_form - How do 'waterworlds' form?
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/COROT/How_do_waterworlds_form - How to find an extrasolar planet
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/How_to_find_an_extrasolar_planet - The search for life
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/COROT/The_search_for_life - Passion for life: An interview with Malcolm Fridlund
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/People/Passion_for_life_An_interview_with_Malcolm_Fridlund