北京天文馆2019年公众科学讲座系列之二十

“一带一路星空下”北科天文讲堂

Speaking of Space

北京天文馆2019年公众科学讲座系列之二十

Public Outreach Science Seminar 2019

Beijing Planetarium

讲座题目：  我们是宇宙间的唯一吗？（Are we alone in the Universe?）

主讲人：   （英）爱丁堡大学天体生物学教授Charles Cockell，Professor of Astrobiology，School of Physics and Astronomy，University of Edinburgh

讲座时间：  2019年12月28日（星期六），下午3:00

讲座地点：  北京天文馆B馆505教室

讲演人/讲座内容简介:

For over 2,000 years, humans have wondered whether we are alone in the Universe or whether there could be other life forms out in space. In the next few decades we may finally get an answer to this question. Even if we find we are alone, we will have profoundly advanced our understanding of our place in the Universe. This talk will explore the exciting advances and new insights we have gained about the possibilities of life beyond Earth.

在过去的两千多年里，人们一直好奇我们人类是不是宇宙间唯一的生命，外空间里是否存在其它形式的生命。在今后的几十年中，我们可能会最终得到这些问题的答案。即使我们最终发现我们是宇宙间的唯一，我们也将大大地推进我们对自己在宇宙间地位的认识。 本次讲座将带您共同审视我们在找寻地外生命的探索中那些激动人心的新发现。

Charles Cockell is Professor of Astrobiology at the University of Edinburgh and Director of the UK Centre for Astrobiology, which he established in 2011. His academic interests encompass life in extreme environments, the habitability of extraterrestrial environments and the exploration and settlement of space. He has previously worked at NASA and the British Antarctic Survey. His work has taken him to both poles and many other extreme environments. He has published over 300 scientific papers and numerous books, including The Equations of Life, which explores how life is channeled by physical laws. He is engaged in numerous public education programs, including Life Beyond, an initiative he started which involves prisoners in Scottish prisons in the design of stations for other planets.

说明：

• 北京天文馆公众科学讲座至少在每个月的第三个周六举办一次。

• 讲座免费。有剧场票或展厅票的参观者可乘新馆展厅东西两侧的电梯到达505教室；无剧场或展厅票的听众凭有效证件（身份证、学生证、工作证等）于当日下午2:00后在售票处领票，从B馆入口安检后入场。

• 座位先到先得，坐满为止。

• 本次讲座提供现场翻译。

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