Using the Sun to Image Alien Planets

A team at NASA’s JPL is proposing a mission that will let us see planets in other solar systems. Bloomberg’s Moonshots talks with the scientist behind what could be the most powerful telescope ever built, with a little help from the sun.

#Space #NASA #Moonshot
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[jordankriss]

Bloomberg Quicktake has been making some strangely spectacular content recently. Whoever is taking charge of this direction and the team involved deserves a pat on the back. Fast becoming one of my most favorite channel on Youtube.

[roguegenesis]

Bloomberg doing lots of nice mini documentaries

Keep up the good work!

[jaredspencer]

This is absolutely bonkers. I love it. For like minded people, you might want to check out Breakthrough Starshot as well, which wants to send actual probes to Alpha Centauri.

[beefcleavebeefcleave]

Im convinced humanity is playing Stellaris vs something yet to be discovered

[jumperdude]

The JPL powerpoint that is shown towards the end of the video, is it public? I would like to read it more thoroughly.

[jenniferhsieh]

That intro video deserves an academy award

[TheUnatuber]

Aliens will land in Wisconsin before the James Webb telescope is launched!

[SayedAli-gqbl]

When I was in high school I thought everything that needs to be invented has already been invented. But scientists keep pushing forward nonetheless. Who would have thought of the Sun as a lense of a 100B km long telescope!!

[frizerbee]

if we all come together as one we'll make it. thats where the challenge really is.

[jerwynjames]

This is a genius idea ... This is the first things mankind have found to use the star for.... Really genius idea ...

[Simonjose]

Still. This is some of the best images I've ever seen! Wow!

[MissesWitch]

Those solar sails look beautiful..

How to get to other countries in the old days? We sailed!

How to get to other planets in the (now living in the old days..) We sailed!

[Jycatgc]

Message to the Bloomberg QuickTake ;

Fascinating 🧐 on how you explain everything to in basic English details of how we can explore the universe through a telescope such as the Hubble Telescope & others. Looking 👀 forward to the James Webb Telescope. Plus thank you for making this video in English caption. Please continue making your future videos set in English caption. Why am I saying this? Cuz I’m deaf & is greatly fascinated with how the universe looks 👀 .

[muhammadshabir]

October 31st is the launch date for the james Webb telescope and I feel like we are going to find out so much more

[AndiG]

How about using earth atmosphere as gravitational lense? not that high magnification, but it wouldn't be necessary to reach that high distances... the effect should be the same?

[beeniemen]

The meaning of humans beings would radically shift if we could ever discover Intelligent life or being discovered by one . I can’t fathom the crisis we would experience

[rs-tarxvfz]

% of Human population -> Watching Cat videos and cat meme
Rest are busy photo-shooting exoplanets.

[Seehart]

Neat idea, but it will almost certainly be obsolete in 20 years (when the mission would start sendingdata). For example, a phased array cloud of several hundred thousand telescopes deployed in solar orbits on the order of 1AU should do the trick. Getting the cost down to the order of $10k per satellite shouldn't be a problem in well under 20 years based on Wright's law.

Such a constellation could be aimed in any direction.

[Phelan]

We should name the satellite array Sauron. Or Ra.

[darwinjim]

Question, could the lensing technique use a planet rather than a star? The magnification will obviously be less but maybe still very useful and the convergence point positioning would be much more achievable than 650 AU from the star?