Starquakes, Exoplanets, and Extraterrestrial Life
Conny Aerts at the Carnegie Institution for Science

This program highlights the research and accomplishments of Kavli Prize Laureate Conny Aerts, a pioneer in Asteroseismology. Professor Aerts revolutionized the study of starquakes, bringing an entirely new way to learn about the stars. She discusses how starquakes allow us to size, weigh, and age-date stars with unprecedented and impressive precision. Asteroseismology of host stars is the only way to determine the ages of exoplanets. Thus, asteroseismology and the search for habitable worlds outside our solar system, and perhaps even extraterrestrial life in the universe, go hand-in-hand.