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| Kepler Space Telescope in the cleanroom before being released. Credit: Ball Aerospace |
Science for the search for life is making great strides. In 2010 there were at least two attempts with regard: first, the exoplanet Gliese 581g nestled amid the habitability of its parent star, but finally had to be removed from the catalog for further analysis by other research teams were not clairvoyant to prove its existence, the second attempt, still controversial, was the famous GFAJ-1 bacteria, presumably, can incorporate arsenic instead of phosphorus in their DNA.
Few things get the first opportunity, but someone had to do something fundamental: the first step. Exoplanets in the habitable zones of their parent stars, creatures that can incorporate other elements in their DNA or any other relevant or innovative discovery opens many doors in the research, especially in finding life than we know on Earth. But we must be careful, because sometimes, the desire to publish makes investigations are carried out too quickly and are not as valid as they should.
In February, it is believed that the Kepler space satellite publish the leading candidate exoplanet detected so far, in June 2010 and were more than 700 and all of them, 400 are thought to be confirmed as such. The most interesting will be the type Country, and among those 400, some will be ...
Although in 2011 is no life beyond Earth, do not despair, because if they discover a style GFAJ bacteria-1 that has been exchanged for other elements in DNA , we might be able to find life than we know on Earth. Surely this way of life is comfortable in conditions hostile for other living beings on our planet, and put to speculate, who knows if these hostile conditions are given in an exoplanet detected by Kepler? Time will tell.
A small clarification is that when it comes to search life, we are talking about "boring bacteria" without technology curve and unable to travel from one planet to another at relativistic speeds. To search for intelligent life, you first need to point the telescopes at our own planet ...
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