[NIAC 2023] Infrared Earth-like Planet Hunter Telescope

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 shift in Astronomy07:56 NIAC idea: Telescope Design16:00 Fancy Physics22:50 Targets for the telescope39:10 Next steps42:38 Milky Way @ home47:35 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/VLsWeMYh7fQ📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT [email protected]⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast