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Las huellas de la vida más allá de la Tierra

¿Hay vida en Venus? La astroquímica quántica Clara Sousa-Silva plantea el caso de una nueva manera de buscar y tal vez descubrir planetas habitables, y nos comparte su investigación con una venenosa y apestosa molécula que podría indicar vida más allá de la Tierra.

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¿Hay vida en Venus? La astroquímica quántica Clara Sousa-Silva plantea el caso de una nueva manera de buscar y tal vez descubrir planetas habitables, y nos comparte su investigación con una venenosa y apestosa molécula que podría indicar vida más allá de la Tierra.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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Clara Sousa-Silva

Quantum astrochemist, astrobiologist

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Clara Sousa-Silva is a quantum astrochemist at the Center for Astrophysics at Harvard and the Smithsonian, where she investigates how molecules interact with light so that they can be detected on faraway worlds.