3 papers
physics.ed-ph2025
Rising Stargirls: Benefits of a Creative Arts-Based Approach to Astronomy Education for Middle-School Girls from Underrepresented Groups
Maya Silverman, Aomawa L. Shields, Jessica N. Howard +2
Women from historically marginalized groups in the sciences continue to be severely underrepresented in the fields of physics and astronomy. Young girls identifying with these grou…
astro-ph.EP2025
A One-Dimensional Energy Balance Model Parameterization for the Formation of CO2 Ice on the Surfaces of Eccentric Extrasolar Planets
Vidya Venkatesan, Aomawa L. Shields, Russell Deitrick +30
Eccentric planets may spend a significant portion of their orbits at large distances from their host stars, where low temperatures can cause atmospheric CO2 to condense out onto th…
astro-ph.EP2024
Increased Surface Temperatures of Habitable White Dwarf Worlds Relative to Main-Sequence Exoplanets
Aomawa L. Shields, Eric T. Wolf, Eric Agol +1
Discoveries of giant planet candidates orbiting white dwarf stars and the demonstrated capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope bring the possibility of detecting rocky plane…