Aomawa Shields: How we'll find life on other planets
ओंमावा शेल्ड्स: हामी अरु ग्रहहरुमा कसरी जीवन खोज्छौ
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.
अर्को ग्रहको खोजीमा छु
with my naked eyes
यी ग्रहहरु देख्न सक्दिन ,
दुरबिनद्वारा नै
that occur in nature
हामीलाई
at just the right distance
जो आफ्नो तारालाई सहि
for stars of different temperatures,
तापक्रमका ताराहरूका
for water to flow on their surfaces
सतहमा पानी बग्नसक्छ-
and energy on finding planets
सामर्थ्य- आफ्नो ताराबाट
उनीहरुको सकिन्छ
climates of exoplanets.
जलवायु ढांचा निर्माण गर्छु
besides distance from its star
अरु पनि अनेक कारण छन्
a planet can support life.
निर्धारण गर्दछन्
of love and beauty,
देवीको नाम बाट राखिएको थियो,
ethereal appearance in the sky.
revealed a different story.
दृष्टिकोण प्रस्तुत गर्यो
to 900 degrees Fahrenheit,
९०० डिग्री फरेनहाइट,
from the sun, is the reason.
यसको कारण हो
and scorching the planet's surface.
सतहलाई अत्याधिक तातो बनाउछ
initial perceptions of this planet.
गरिएभन्दा बिल्कुल फरक छ
from our own solar system,
and potential to host life.
अति महत्वपूर्ण छ
of these planets are like
हामीलाई थाहा छैन
and dim compared to their stars
यी धेरै साना र मधुरो छन्
that could support surface water --
भन्दा नजिकको ग्रह हेरौं --
nice phone number for a name --
the atmospheric composition
नजिकबाट गइरहेको ग्रहको
in front of its host star is hard.
धेरै कठिन हुन्छ
is 100 trillion miles away,
माइल टाढा छ र तपाईं त्यो कार अगाडी
the precise color of that fly.
थाहा पाउन खोज्दै हुनुहुन्छ
a planet would need
for water and life.
of the planet Kepler-62f,
could be warm enough for open water
विविध प्रकारका बातावरण र अर्बिटको बारेमा
and orientations of its orbit.
प्रकारको तातो रहेको कुरा पत्ता लगाएको छ
to follow up on this planet
ग्रहमा जीवन सम्भाव्यताको
is also important for climate.
दृष्टिकोणले अत्ति आवश्यक हुन्छ
redder wavelengths of light,
किरणलाई सोस्दछ,
in this photo looks so blue.
निलो देखिएको छ
is absorbed on its way through the ice.
makes it all the way to the bottom.
back to up to our eyes
हाम्रो दृष्टिमा पर्दछ
orbiting cooler stars
than planets orbiting hotter stars.
बढी तातो हुन सक्ने देखाउँछ
wavelength light from cooler stars,
आउने लामा प्रकाश तरंगलाई सोस्छ
heats the ice.
can affect planetary climate
पार्ने प्रभावको जानकारी हुनु
that this is my specialty.
and read fashion magazines,
पढ्न मन पर्छ,
contradictions in nature --
अन्तरविरोधको सराहना गर्न सक्षम छु
for the next planet where life exists.
ग्रहको खोजीमा सहयोग गर्न सक्छन्
to middle-school girls of color,
माध्यमिक तहका
science and art don't often go together,
संग संगै जादैन,
these girls bring their whole selves
the ranks of astronomers
to discover, once and for all,
in the universe.
दिन सक्नेछन्
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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