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Lauren Kimbrough- September 10, 2004

SFA Planetarium to Present ‘Oceans in Space’

“Oceans in Space,” the SFA Planetarium’s newest show, will be presented at 7 p.m. Fridays through Oct. 15.

Narrator Avery Brooks, star of “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” will lead a thought-provoking exploration of the required conditions for life on a planet and the search for life on planets other than Earth. Inspired in part by the goals of NASA’s Origins Program, the show introduces audiences to the diversity of life on our home planet even as humans embark on the search for life in the universe.

The show travels back in time more than five billion years to trace the origin and evolution of the solar system from a cloud of gas and dust to the formation of Earth’s oceans and favorable requirements for life.

Because life currently exists in extreme environments on Earth, like volcano vents and ocean floors, the show then takes viewers on a journey to other places where scientists are exploring similarly extreme conditions in the search for life. The search for other life-bearing planets moves to the Orion nebula and explains one technique today’s scientists use to look for extrasolar planets.

Admission for the show is $2. For information, call 468-3009 or visit the Web site at www.physics.sfasu.edu.