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[NIAC 2023] Revolutionary 100-Kilometer Space Telescope
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English - March 23, 2023 19:00 - 42 minutes - 60.6 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
There are radio wavelengths that we can't see from Earth. And to observe them from space, we need a truly huge telescope. Mary Knapp and her team proposed a project that can allow us to build such a telescope and they just recently got a NIAC grant for it.
👉 More about the NIAC award:
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/GreatObservatoryforLongWavelengths/
🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday
00:00 Intro
01:20 Haystack Observatory
02:48 NIAC proposal for 100-km telescope
14:23 What Science Can the Telescope Do
30:36 New Approach to Space Telescopes
39:21 What's Next
41:55 Outro
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There are radio wavelengths that we can't see from Earth. And to observe them from space, we need a truly huge telescope. Mary Knapp and her team proposed a project that can allow us to build such a telescope and they just recently got a NIAC grant for it.
👉 More about the NIAC award:
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/Great_Observatory_for_Long_Wavelengths/
🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday
00:00 Intro
01:20 Haystack Observatory
02:48 NIAC proposal for 100-km telescope
14:23 What Science Can the Telescope Do
30:36 New Approach to Space Telescopes
39:21 What's Next
41:55 Outro
📺 VIDEO VERSION
https://youtu.be/l8NZDimTlwM
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Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.
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🎧 PODCASTS
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Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/
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📩 CONTACT FRASER
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⚖️ LICENSE
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)