[NIAC 2023] Infrared Earth-like Planet Hunter Telescope
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English - March 16, 2023 21:00 - 48 minutes - 67.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 238 ratingsAstronomy Science Natural Sciences astronomy science nasa cosmology earth mars moon galaxy cosmos astronaut Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this interview, I'm talking with Heidi Newberg. Her team won a NIAC grant that will investigate building a telescope that will be hunting for Earth-like worlds. The project is called DICER, which stands for Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver.
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00:00 Intro
01:22 How hard it is to observe the Milky Way
05:28 Mindset shift in Astronomy
07:56 NIAC idea: Telescope Design
16:00 Fancy Physics
22:50 Targets for the telescope
39:10 Next steps
42:38 Milky Way @ home
47:35 Outro
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In this interview, I'm talking with Heidi Newberg. Her team won a NIAC grant that will investigate building a telescope that will be hunting for Earth-like worlds. The project is called DICER, which stands for Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver.
🦄 Support us on Patreon:
https://patreon.com/universetoday
🌌 Milky Way @ home:
https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/
👉 More about the NIAC project:
https://www.universetoday.com/160089/if-an-earthlike-planet-is-within-30-light-years-this-space-telescope-will-find-it/
00:00 Intro
01:22 How hard it is to observe the Milky Way
05:28 Mindset shift in Astronomy
07:56 NIAC idea: Telescope Design
16:00 Fancy Physics
22:50 Targets for the telescope
39:10 Next steps
42:38 Milky Way @ home
47:35 Outro
📺 VIDEO VERSION
https://youtu.be/VLsWeMYh7fQ
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Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.
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