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[Interview] The Quest for Earth 2.0: Discovering Exoplanets by Suppressing Starlight
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Seeing an Earth-like planet around a Sun-like star isn't possible with current telescopes. The difference in brightness is just too big. But future space telescopes will have multiple tricks up their sleeve specifically for that. Which ones? Finding out in this interview.
🟣 Guest: Dr Bertrand Mennesson
https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/mennesson/
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- 00:00 Intro
- 01:16 Resolving Earth-size world around a Sun-like star
- 08:13 Coronagraphs and Adaptive optics
- 21:10 Other ideas
- 34:59 Nulling
- 39:00 Nancy Grace Roman
- 43:19 Unlimited budget telescope
- 49:58 Current obsessions
- 53:33 Final thoughts
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Manage episode 427893874 series 2513416
Seeing an Earth-like planet around a Sun-like star isn't possible with current telescopes. The difference in brightness is just too big. But future space telescopes will have multiple tricks up their sleeve specifically for that. Which ones? Finding out in this interview.
🟣 Guest: Dr Bertrand Mennesson
https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/mennesson/
🦄 Support us on Patreon:
https://patreon.com/universetoday
📚 Suggest books in the book club:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:16 Resolving Earth-size world around a Sun-like star
- 08:13 Coronagraphs and Adaptive optics
- 21:10 Other ideas
- 34:59 Nulling
- 39:00 Nancy Grace Roman
- 43:19 Unlimited budget telescope
- 49:58 Current obsessions
- 53:33 Final thoughts
📺 VIDEO VERSION
https://youtu.be/pk9dLIw3IEM
📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER
Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.
Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter
🎧 PODCASTS
Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/
Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/
🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain
Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday
Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday
Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday
📩 CONTACT FRASER
frasercain@gmail.com
⚖️ LICENSE
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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