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Dr. Clara Sousa-Silva

Adler Planetarium

Adler Planetarium
Chicago, United States

Dr. Clara Sousa-Silva is a quantum astrochemist whose favorite molecular biosignature is phosphine. She investigates how molecules like phosphine interact with light, so that they can be detected on faraway worlds. Dr. Sousa-Silva spends most of her time studying molecules that life can produce so that, one day, she can detect an alien biosphere.

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  • Title: Dr. Clara Sousa-Silva
  • Type: photograph
  • Rights: Credit: Melanie Gonick
Adler Planetarium

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