Launch Pad Astronomy's video: Searching for Habitable Worlds with Dr Abel M ndez

Dr. Abel Méndez joins us to talk about the search for habitable planets and for planets similar to Earth, in particular. Professor Abel Méndez is a planetary astrobiologist and Director of the Planetary Habitability Laboratory at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo. His research focuses on the habitability of Earth, the Solar System, and extrasolar planets. Prof. Méndez is a NASA MIRS Fellow with physics and astrophysics research experience at Fermilab, NASA Goddard, NASA Ames, and the Arecibo Observatory. Prof. Méndez is best known for developing the Earth Similarity Index, the Visible Paleo-Earth Project, and maintaining the Habitable Exoplanets Catalog, a database of potentially habitable worlds. He is also co-author of the popular science book Searching for Habitable Worlds. His research has been highlighted by many international publications such as National Geographic, Scientific American, and Discover Magazine. Prof. Méndez is currently working on theoretical models of the suitability for life of planetary environments, the characterization and detection of potentially habitable exoplanets, and the observation of radio emissions of red dwarf stars from the Arecibo Observatory. He is very active on Twitter sharing astrobiology news as @ProfAbelMendez. [Spanish Version] El Profesor Abel Méndez es un astrobiólogo planetario y Director del Laboratorio de Habitabilidad Planetaria de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Arecibo. Su investigación se centra en la habitabilidad de la Tierra, el Sistema Solar y los planetas extrasolares. El Prof. Méndez es un becado MIRS de la NASA con experiencia en investigación de física y astrofísica en Fermilab, NASA Goddard, NASA Ames y el Observatorio de Arecibo. El Prof. Méndez es mejor conocido por desarrollar el Índice de Similitud de la Tierra, el proyecto la Paleo-Tierra Visible y mantener el Catálogo de Exoplanetas Habitables, una base de datos de mundos potencialmente habitables. También es coautor del popular libro de ciencia Searching for Habitable Worlds. Su investigación ha sido destacada por muchas publicaciones internacionales como National Geographic, Scientific American y Discover Magazine. El Prof. Méndez está trabajando actualmente en modelos teóricos de la capacidad para la vida de los ambientes planetarios, la caracterización y detección de exoplanetas potencialmente habitables y la observación de emisiones de radio de estrellas enanas rojas desde el Observatorio de Arecibo. Él está muy activo en Twitter compartiendo noticias de astrobiología como @ProfAbelMendez. 🔔 Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/christianready?sub_confirmation=1 🔴 Watch my most recent upload: https://goo.gl/QbRcE2 🚀 Help me improve the channel by joining the community on Patreon https://patreon.com/launchpadastro 🚀 Check out Launch Pad merchandise! https://teespring.com/stores/launchpadastro Disclaimer: Some of these links go to one of my websites and some are affiliate links where I'll earn a small commission if you make a purchase at no additional cost to you. ✅ Let's connect: For business inquiries - chris AT christianready DOT com Twitter - @launchpadastro Instagram - @launchpadastro Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/LaunchPadAstronomy/ Discord - https://discord.gg/yChAuUe 📭 c/o Christian Ready P.O. Box 66 Westminster, MD 21158 United States Earth