Question: Which University astronomers have developed an environmental color “decoder”—to tease out climate clues for potentially habitable exoplanets in galaxies?
(a) Cornell University
(b) Oxford University
(c) IIT madras
(d) Harvard University
Answer:(a)
Related facts:
- Cornell University astronomers have developed a practical model—an environmental color “decoder”—to tease out climate clues for potentially habitable exoplanets in galaxies far away.
- The model was developed after examining a dozen types of a roster of planet surfaces and suns.
- Jack Madden who works in the lab of Lisa Kaltenegger, director of Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute, explained that it was observed that how different planetary surfaces in the habitable zones of the distant solar system can affect the climate on exoplanets.
- As per Jack Madden, the light reflected on the surface of planets plays a crucial role not only on the overall planet but also on the detectable spectra of Earth-like planets.
Author: Achyutanand Pandey
Links:
https://www.aninews.in/news/science/exoplanet-climate-decoder-aids-search-for-life20200519085703/
https://phys.org/news/2020-05-exoplanet-climate-decoder-aids-life.html
http://astrobiology.com/2020/05/exoplanet-climate-decoder-aids-search-for-life.html