INVITATION TO ASTRONOMY IRELAND PUBLIC LECTURE FEB. 9 "The Enigma of the origin of life on Earth and the Question of Extraterrestrial Life; Facts and Fictions" by Prof R.N. Butler from the Chemistry Dept, NUI Galway on Monday February 9 at 8:00pm in the Henry Grattan Building, Dublin City University At a time when two rovers are scrutinising rocks on Mars for evidence for life sustaining conditions, this lecture that should satisfy your curiosity once and for all about how does life get started, where might it exist locally in our solar system and/or the rest of the universe. Prof Butler will: (i) critically assess the current state of knowledge on the origin of Life on Earth (ii) Assess the planetary bodies Mars, Europa, Titan and Triton from the point of view of Life and (iii) Comment on the prospects for Life elsewhere in the Universe in our space-time. The lecture will be at a 'popular level' and no chemical formulae or equations will be used. Everyone is welcome and admission is 5euro (3euro if you show a copy of our February magazine at the door, or are a student, OAP or under 18) See also http://www.astronomy.ie/nextlecture.html for links to maps. We hope to see you all there and why not bring some friends? Please forward this notice on to anyone you think may be interested. ===== David Moore, Astronomy Ireland, P.O.Box 2888, Dublin 5. Tel (01) 847 0777 info@astronomy.ie www.astronomy.ie To change details of your subscription to our emailing list, click the last line: