A Holistic View of Exoplanets, their Environments, and their Potential to Host Life
Event Start:
2020-10-26T15:00:00
Event End:
2020-10-26T16:00:00
Event Information:
Roughly seventy-five billion low-mass stars (a.k.a. M dwarfs) in our galaxy host at least one small planet in the habitable zone (HZ), where surface life might exist. The stellar ultraviolet (UV) radiation from M dwarfs is strong and highly variable, and their planets are exposed to "superflares" daily in their first ~300 Myr.
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Speaker:
Evgenya Shkolnik (Arizona State University)
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Event Start:
2020-10-26T15:00:00
Event End:
2020-10-26T16:00:00
A Holistic View of Exoplanets, their Environments, and their Potential to Host Life
Event Information:
Roughly seventy-five billion low-mass stars (a.k.a. M dwarfs) in our galaxy host at least one small planet in the habitable zone (HZ), where surface life might exist. The stellar ultraviolet (UV) radiation from M dwarfs is strong and highly variable, and their planets are exposed to "superflares" daily in their first ~300 Myr.
Event Location:
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