Date: Monday 21-Feburary-2022
Time: 11:15-12:15
Location: Zoom
Speaker: Jacob Lustig-Yaeger
Title: Rocky Exoplanet Characterization on the Path Towards Habitability and Biosignatures
Abstract: With the recent launch and deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Astro2020 Decadal Survey recommendation of a mission that can search for signatures of life on planets outside of the solar system, the future is bright for the study of faint rocky exoplanets. In this talk, I will highlight the many ways that JWST will soon revolutionize our understanding of terrestrial exoplanets as it enables the first robust search for their atmospheres and the molecules they contain. I will also discuss how uncovering the habitability and inhabited nature of these worlds presents numerous challenges that may only be overcome with the transformative capabilities of a future IR/O/UV space telescope.
For further information contact PALS coordinator Tad Komacek at tkomacek@umd.edu.
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