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[Interview] The Quest for Earth 2.0: Discovering Exoplanets by Suppressing Starlight
56 minutes Posted Jul 8, 2024 at 5:00 pm.
Intro
Resolving Earth-size world around a Sun-like star
Coronagraphs and Adaptive optics
Other ideas
Nulling
Nancy Grace Roman
Unlimited budget telescope
Current obsessions
Final thoughts
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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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