Millarca Valenzuela gives public talk on astrobiology

“I covered topics from the conditions that life, as we know it, has on Earth, to the configuration of the solar system, the differences of our planet with its neighbors and then I dealt with the revolution with the appearance of exoplanets and the exploration of the solar system, focusing on how meteorites can help us understand both the formation of planets and exoplanets, as well as the birth of life”, indicated Dr. Millarca Valenzuela.

“I covered topics from the conditions that life, as we know it, has on Earth, to the configuration of the solar system, the differences of our planet with its neighbors, and then I dealt with the revolution with the appearance of exoplanets and the exploration of the solar system, focusing on how meteorites can help us understand both the formation of planets and exoplanets, as well as the birth of life,” indicated Dr. Millarca Valenzuela.

The activity was part of an initiative of Group 6 of the CATA Center of Excellence in Astrophysics, on Exoplanets and Astrobiology, which includes Dr. Millarca Valenzuela and Bárbara Rojas-Ayala, an astronomer from the Universidad de Tarapacá and CATA researcher, who also participated in the event.

“Subsequently we plan to hold a workshop with archaeologists and astronomers for the recognition of meteorites, on Saturday, November 5 and Sunday, November 6. We will work in the field, visiting areas where there may be conditions for the preservation of meteorites”, concludes Valenzuela.