THE PUBLIC LECTURE WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY AT 7:00PM.  THE SIDEWALKS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW BETWEEN MILLBROOK GARAGE AND WHITAKER HALL.  GOLF CARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO SHUTTLE GUESTS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN MILLBROOK GARAGE AND WHITAKER HALL. 

The NASA Kepler Mission taught us that Earth-sized planets are commonplace throughout the Galaxy.  But did life take root on any of these distant worlds?  Using upcoming large telescopes, astronomers will search the atmospheres of Earth-like planets for the telltale chemical fingerprints of life.