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Aomawa Shields, an associate professor of physics and astronomy, uses climate change modeling software to study evidence of the possibility for extraterrestrial life on distant so-called exoplanets. Shields, who is just one of 26 women African-American astrophysicists in the U.S., also founded the nonprofit organization Rising Stargirls to help young girls from diverse backgrounds comprehend the cosmos by using theater, writing and visual arts. “We are on the cusp of being able to capture images of smaller exoplanets, which could revolutionize our understanding of these distant worlds,” she said. “There are still many limits to what we can see and do, but we are on our way.”
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