[NIAC 2023] Infrared Earth-like Planet Hunter Telescope

Universe Today Podcast · Mar 16, 2023 · 48m

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 Intro01:22 How hard it is to observe the Milky Way05:28 Mindset…