Aomawa Shields: How we'll find life on other planets
أوماوا شيلدز: كيف سنجد الحياة على كواكب أخرى
Aomawa Shields studies the climate and habitability of planets outside of the Solar System. Full bio
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in the universe where life exists.
توجد عليه حياة.
with my naked eyes
هذا الكوكب بعيني المجردة.
التي نمتلكها الآن.
that occur in nature
على البعد الصحيح تمامًا من نجومها.
at just the right distance
كما هو مبين باللون الأزرق على هذا المخطط
for stars of different temperatures,
for water to flow on their surfaces
دافئة بشكل يسمح لمياهها بالتدفق على سطحها
and energy on finding planets
climates of exoplanets.
في الكواكب الخارجية.
عن نجومها ليس هو العامل الوحيد
besides distance from its star
a planet can support life.
of love and beauty,
ethereal appearance in the sky.
revealed a different story.
to 900 degrees Fahrenheit,
from the sun, is the reason.
غلافه الجوي وليس بعده عن الشمس،
على الكوكب ويلهب سطحه.
and scorching the planet's surface.
تصوراتنا الأولية لهذا الكوكب.
initial perceptions of this planet.
from our own solar system,
في تكون المناخ والحياة على الكوكب.
and potential to host life.
of these planets are like
and dim compared to their stars
that could support surface water --
أحد أقرب الكواكب حيث يحتمل تواجد الماء
nice phone number for a name --
the atmospheric composition
in front of its host star is hard.
على بعد مئة تريليون ميل.
is 100 trillion miles away,
the precise color of that fly.
a planet would need
for water and life.
of the planet Kepler-62f,
ليكون صالحًا لوجود مياه سطحية
could be warm enough for open water
and orientations of its orbit.
to follow up on this planet
مهم أيضًا لتحديد مناخه.
is also important for climate.
موجات الضوء الأكثر طولًا وحمرةً
redder wavelengths of light,
الأكثر زرقة وقصرًا.
in this photo looks so blue.
الأطول والأكثر حمرةً،
is absorbed on its way through the ice.
makes it all the way to the bottom.
back to up to our eyes
التي تدور حول النجوم الباردة نسبياً
orbiting cooler stars
التي تدور حول النجوم الأشد حرارةً نسبيًا
than planets orbiting hotter stars.
الأطول من نجوم باردة نسبيًا
wavelength light from cooler stars,
heats the ice.
هذه التناقضات على مناخ الكواكب
can affect planetary climate
that this is my specialty.
and read fashion magazines,
وقراءة مجلات الأزياء
contradictions in nature --
for the next planet where life exists.
to middle-school girls of color,
متعددات الأصول فى المدارس الإعدادية
science and art don't often go together,
هذه الفتيات على التعلق كلية بما تعلمن،
these girls bring their whole selves
the ranks of astronomers
إلى مستوى الفلكييين المليئين بالتناقضات،
to discover, once and for all,
in the universe.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Aomawa Shields - Astronomer, astrobiologist, actor, writerAomawa Shields studies the climate and habitability of planets outside of the Solar System.
Why you should listen
Dr. Aomawa Shields received her PhD in Astronomy and Astrobiology from the University of Washington in 2014. She also received an MFA in Acting from UCLA in 2001, and a Bachelor's degree in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences from MIT in 1997. She is currently an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow, a UC President's Postdoctoral Program Fellow, and a 2015 TED Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Dr. Shields is the founder of Rising Stargirls, an organization dedicated to encouraging girls of all colors and backgrounds to explore and discover the universe using theater, writing, and visual art. She uses her theater and writing background to communicate science to the public in engaging, innovative ways.
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