THE VIDEO SHELF · solar gravitational lens
Turning the Sun Into a Giant Telescope with Dr. Slava Turyshev
Fraser Cain interviews JPL physicist Slava Turyshev about using the Sun's gravity as a lens to image distant exoplanets. They cover how the lens works, how a spacecraft would align with it, and mission design.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN points to it as the best accessible explanation of the solar gravitational lens mission plan.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Fraser Cain
- Topic
- solar gravitational lens
- Format
- interview
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2024
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The most complete plan for this was proposed by JPL's Slava Turyshev and team. It has been selected for Phase III of NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts. [0] > In 2020, Turyshev presented his idea of Direct Multi-pixel Imaging and Spectroscopy of an Exoplanet with a …
consumer451 on Hacker News · 2024-10
In A solar gravitational lens will be humanity's most powerful telescope (2022)> the basic technology for "much faster speed" doesn't exist. …but we’re very close. The next technique will be flying near the sun then deploying a solar sail for a huge speed boost. Voyager goes 3 AU/yr, solar sail boost with todays technology will enable …
FriedPickles on Hacker News · 2024-11
In Voyager 1 breaks its silence with NASA via radio transmitter not used since 1981> Really? I wouldn't think the sun is nearly massive enough to do what would be required here. You "just" need to get far enough away (~600AU). Interferometry is extremely difficult to pull this off with and it’s further complicated by the host star being …
stouset on Hacker News · 2024-10
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