What technologies are astronomers using to look for life on other planets? why?

According to newton's second law, when the same force is applied to two objects of different masses, a the object with greater mass will experience a great acceleration, and the object with less mass will experience an even greater acceleration, b. the object with greater mass will experience a smaller acceleration, and the object with less mass will experience a greater acceleration, c. the object with greater mass will experience a greater acceleration, and the object with less mass will experience a smaller acceleration, d. the object with greater mass will experience a small acceleration, and the object with less mass will experience an even smaller acceleration.

Light from the sun reaches the earth in 8.3 minutes. the velocity is 3.00 x 10^8 m/s. how far is earth from the sun? i know how to get to d = (3 x 10^8 m/s)(498 sec). i just don't know how to get from there to the answer being 1.5 x 10^11 m.

6–43 a food department is kept at 2128c by a refrigerator in an environment at 308c. the total heat gain to the food department is estimated to be 3300 kj/h and the heat rejection in the condenser is 4800 kj/h. determine the power input to the compressor, in kw and the cop of the refrigerator.