UCI Professor Aomawa Shields featured in AAS Nova article

Climates of Distant Terrestrial Worlds

The research of UCI Professor Aomawa Shields is featured in an article on AAS Nova online.

What determines the climate of an Earth-like planet orbiting its host star? And how is that climate affected by the type of star the planet orbits? A new study explores how distant terrestrial worlds are shaped by their hosts.

Visit the AAS Nova website to read the full article.