‘The Frontiers of Astrobiology’ series in Cosmocaixa
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The CosmoCaixa Science Museum will host, from 21 October to 11 November, the lecture series ‘The Frontiers of Astrobiology: Latest Research on the Existence of Extraterrestrial Life’, offering a journey to the limits of this discipline to explore how and where life beyond Earth might exist.
Ignasi Ribas, director of the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC — Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya) until last August and researcher at the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC), will coordinate and moderate this lecture series, in which world-renowned experts will share their latest research on the search for extraterrestrial life.
Sessions
- Extreme life on Earth and in space, with Charles Cockell. 21/10/2025, 19:00.
- Searching for aliens… Through time, with David Kipping. 28/10/2025, 19:00.
- Geological perspectives for the search for life on exoplanets, with Frances Westall. 04/11/2025, 19:00.
- Is Earth really special?, with Laura Kreidberg. 11/11/2025, 19:00.
Organised by:
CosmoCaixa
Collaborators: IEEC.
Goals:
To explore the most current and innovative lines of research related to the search for extraterrestrial life, and the possibilities that modern science offers us to unravel this mystery.