Podcasts about starshade

Imagine searching for signs of water or oxygen on a planet many light years away by peering through the blinding light of distant stars.

Imagine a tiny speck of light from a distant planet in the night sky. What hidden secrets might that light reveal?

Student challenges bring fresh ideas about mechanical design to the table.

Erfahre was Projekt Starshade ist, wie viele Exoplaneten es gibt, wieso unsere Erde nichts Besonderes ist, was die größten Mysterien über Exoplaneten sind, wie uns das James Webb Space Telescope hier hilft und noch vieles mehr! Jana ist Astrophysikerin, arbeitet bei TerraX im ZDF und ist Host des Podcast: Ein großer Schritt für die Menschheit! Jana findet ihr auf Instagram unter: jana.tax Den Podcast gibt´s auf Instagram unter: inspirierend_anders Unterstütz den Podcast gerne auf Patreon (Danke!!!): https://patreon.com/inspirierendanders Du willst deinen eigenen, erfolgreichen Podcast: www.bakuba.eu Link zum ganzen Gespräch findest du in der Bio.

Sara is an astronomer and planetary scientist known for her pioneering work on the vast and unknown world of exoplanets, and the search for life beyond Earth. We discuss: The prospects for finding alien life in our solar system The possibility that there is life on Venus The infamous fermi paradox Exoplanets The beautify of the night sky  … and other topics. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus content and perks, visit: https://www.matthewgeleta.com/ Timestamps 0:00 Intro: Where are they? 5:35 Is there life on Venus? 13:25 Venus Life Finder mission 17:15 Non-biological life? 20:15 How might aliens discover life on Earth? 23:17 Should we broadcast our existence? 28:30 Consensus view - is there life outside of Earth? 31:05 Fermi Paradox - where are they? 34:50 Exoplanets 48:20 Starshade mission 54:11 Beauty and awe in physics 1:03:50 Book recommendations 1:11:23 Behind the scenes / backstory

Most of the 5000 exoplanets discovered so far have been found using methods that don't actually see the planet at all. Brightness dimmings and star wobbles only get us so far. They limit our ability to study them in detail and astronomers are working on gigantic starshades to resolve planets directly Show Notes Available at https://exoplanetradio.com/science/starshades-find-exoplanets/.

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Challenges bring together new teams with fresh ideas to solve problems. And many students report that their involvement in a NASA challenge helped them refine their career choice.

Student challenges provide insight into the design and test processes used by NASA.

We can find it in shells, flowers, pinecones and snails... it's needed in sport, construction, space exploration and more... and it pairs very nicely with a sweet, flaky dessert. Squiz Kids Shortcuts give you and your primary-aged kids the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the big news stories. LINKS: TedEd on Pi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a5vHXsUvUw Jaden Chong recites Pi to 1,800 places: https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/melbourne-sevenyearold-memory-boy-becomes-sensation-remembering-pi/caf43ef6-dc39-486b-89eb-a79bfba64641 How to count seed spirals on a sunflower: https://momath.org/home/fibonacci-numbers-of-sunflower-seed-spirals/ The Fibonacci sequence spiral: https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/fibonacci-sequence.html More Fibonacci: https://www.naturphilosophie.co.uk/fibonaccis-golden-spiral-relationship-maths-nature/ https://mathimages.swarthmore.edu/index.php/Fibonacci_Numbers NASA's Starshade: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/1015/flower-power-nasa-reveals-spring-starshade-animation/ Maths in art: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/math-is-muse-for-these-artists

Starshade is designed to unfold into a large disk with petal-like edges, forming a shield that could block out unwanted light for a space telescope.

Professor Sara Seager is an astrophysicist and a Professor of Physics, Professor of Planetary Science, and a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she holds the Class of 1941 Professor Chair.  She has been a pioneer in the vast and unknown world of exoplanets, planets that orbit stars other than the sun. Her ground-breaking research ranges from the detection of exoplanet atmospheres to innovative theories about life on other worlds to development of novel space mission concepts. In space missions for planetary discovery and exploration, she was the Deputy Science Director of the MIT-led NASA Explorer-class mission TESS; she was PI of the JPL-MIT CubeSat ASTERIA; is a lead of the Starshade Rendezvous Mission (a space-based direct imaging exoplanet discovery concept under technology development) to find a true Earth analog orbiting a Sun-like star; and most recently has directed a mission concept study to find signs of life or life itself in the Venus atmosphere and is PI of a small mission to Venus targeted for launch in 2023. Her research earned her a MacArthur “genius” grant and other accolades including: membership in the US National Academy of Sciences; the Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences, the Magellanic Premium Medal; and has been awarded one of Canada's highest civilian honors, appointment as an Officer of the Order of Canada. Professor Seager is the author of, “The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir”. 00:00 Introduction to Episode 40 00:47 Introduction to Sara Seager (Ben impressed by a blackboard) 03:20 Starshade (here) 06:04 What is an exoplanet? 07:28 When was the first exoplanet detected? 08:15 How many exoplanets are there? 08:57 When did Sara start her career chasing exoplanets? 09:57 Scepticism around exoplanets 12:27 How many planets in the universe could support human life? 13:17 Science behind interstellar 14:44 Do we have to send humans/robots to exoplanets? 15:36 Solar gravitational telescope (hypothetical) 16:37 Proxima Centuri  17:38 How long would it take to get there? 18:06 Starshot and challenges 19:30 How do people to react to committing to finding another Earth?  21:06 How do you plan your work? 22:48 Asteria 24:44 Is there life on Venus? 27:03 World reaction to finding life on Venus 29:06 Are we alone in the universe? 30:51 The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir. 31:48 Optimism 32:44 Advice to young people Follow Professor Sara Seager Website: https://www.saraseager.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profseagerexoplanets Twitter: https://twitter.com/profsaraseager You can buy Sara's book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Smallest-Lights-Universe-Memoir/dp/0525576258 Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Website: www.astroben.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit Please subscribe and rate - Ad Astra!

Thanks to orbiting observatories like the Keppler Space Telescope, scientists have discovered thousands of planets beyond our solar system.

In this episode, I speak about space with Sara Seager. Professor Seager is an astrophysicist and a professor of physics and planetary science at MIT. Her research, which earned her a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant, has introduced many foundational ideas to the field of exoplanets. She has led different space missions or space mission concept studies, including NASA’s Probe-class study team for the Starshade project. She is now at the forefront of the search for the first Earth-like exoplanets and signs of life on them. Her memoir, The Smallest Lights in the Universe, was published in 2020. [RECORDING DATE: March 30, 2021] If you find value in these conversations, please consider joining the THINK FOR YOURSELF community.  All supporters are invited to participate in the live conversations and are given an opportunity to interact with my guests.  More information is available at www.patreon.com/mansharamani

Cette semaine, on parle du Projet Polaroid, du projet Starshade, du divorce de Google Drive et Google Photos, et on annonce le photowalk de l’été 2019!

Rion receives a mysterious letter and seeks a mysterious flower.This episode was written and produced by Tal Minear. Iris was voiced by Erin B. Lillis (she/her) and Margery was voiced by Sheila Morris (she/her). The voice of Rion was Tal Minear (they/them).The transcript for this episode can be found here.You can join our Discord server here. Visit our website at sidequesting.carrd.co, follow us on Twitter @sidquestingpod, Instagram @sidequesting, and Tumblr at sidequestingpod.tumblr.com, or support us on Patreon. If you liked this episode, consider leaving us a review on you podcast app, iTunes, or Podchaser!

Cette semaine, on parle du Projet Polaroid, du projet Starshade, du divorce de Google Drive et Google Photos, et on annonce le photowalk de l'été 2019! L'article Épisode 145: Le divorce de Google Photos | Objectif Numérique est apparu en premier sur Rivercast Media.

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Cette semaine, on parle du Projet Polaroid, du projet Starshade, du divorce de Google Drive et Google Photos, et on annonce le photowalk de l’été 2019! Épisode #145: Télécharger Au menu de ce 145e épisode d’Objectif Numérique: 02:00 – Photo récente: Christian a photographié les Vulgaires Machins aux Francofolies... Émission en baladodiffusion/podcast sur la photographie. Pour débutants et gens plus expérimentés! Visitez notre site pour consulter articles, tests et critiques, conseils photo et notes. Fait au Québec!

At just the right distance, a sunflower sunshade eclipses the target star and the planets come into view.

This is a truly amazing story of grit, inspiration and pure dogged determination. In this episode I chat with Mike Paul Hughes. Awarded NASA’s Exceptional Achievement Medal, Mike is a truly exceptional rocket scientist, NASA engineer, music producer, composer, writer and inspirational speaker. Working in a print shop by day and playing in a rock group at night, the odds were stacked against him. Following his dream of becoming an aerospace engineer was going to be no easy task. He didn’t have the grades and he didn’t have the money. It could have been so easy just to give up, to abandon his dream, to go back to his day job. But he knew nothing was going to stop him. After the Challenger disaster, Mike knew that aerospace was his calling. And so, under the dim light of a 40W bulb, reading math books rescued from the trash, Mike began his amazing journey. 1:11 - Mike’s impressive and diverse background information.  3:15 - Dispelling the myth of rocket science being an inaccessible field.  4:04 - The story behind how Mike found his passion for science and engineering.  6:28 - “Advice” from someone whom he worked with about pursuing engineering.  8:48 - Challenges and discouragement he faced before even being able to get started. 10:25 - Where the determination came from in dealing with everyone telling him “no.”  11:38 - Getting started in the program and showing the will to put in the work to learn calculus.  14:43 - Having no clear vision for what he was getting himself into.  15:35 - How Mike fared through his coursework. 17:18 - Proving that you can outwork your competition to achieve what you want and overcome a lot. 17:51 - How Mike differed from most of the other NASA engineers, but also shared similar paths with some. 19:30 - Mike’s technical knowledge and troubleshooting ability being rooted in playing bass and dealing with the PA system. 20:22 - What it was like to walk into NASA for the first time as an engineer and what the working environment was like. 24:40 - Comparing the computing technology from the 90s to now and how that affected the work. 25:48 - The first moment he felt like he’d really found something special. 27:26 - How his experiences as a musician affected the way he approached working in the aerospace field  29:53 - Applying Newton’s laws to be able to effectively perform the math. 31:23 - The impact of artificial intelligence on this kind of work. 32:30 - What Mike is working on now with the Starshade project and how he views his work with exoplanets.  36:55 - Continuing to be in a period of testing in his work. 38:56 - Star Wars versus Star Trek. 40:34 - Tension between discovering life versus finding new planets; disagreements over credit. 43:53 - Comparing the competitive aspects of medicine and science; benefits to working in hierarchical organizations. 45:59 - Potential changes to the landscape due to things like AI; analogous to the internet or electricity. 48:21 - The questionnaire. 51:23 - Learning more about Mike and getting in touch. Resources and Links Mentioned: NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Facebook        

We are one tool away from learning which distant planets already have life on them and which might be welcoming to life. MIT Planetary Scientist Sara Seager is working on the tool. She is chair of the NASA team developing a “Starshade” that would allow a relatively rudimentary space telescope to observe Earth-size planets directly, which would yield atmospheric analysis, which would determine a planet’s life-worthiness. Despite 1,000-plus exoplanet discoveries by the Kepler spacecraft and the hundreds more expected from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite after 2017, neither instrument can make detailed observation of the atmosphere of small rocky planets, because each star’s brilliance overwhelms direct study of the rocky motes that might harbor life. A Starshade cures that. A former MacArthur Fellow, Seager is author of Exoplanet Atmospheres (02010) and an astrophysics professor at MIT. Her maxim: “For exoplanets, anything is possible under the laws of physics and chemistry.” Photo by Justin Knight.

Boy Cow Radio is now part of the 27 Club! Uh, hopefully that doesn’t end badly. This week’s discussion topics include the wide, wonderful world of science (Space! NASA! Star shades!), the Batman vs. Superman trailer (never trust Zack Snyder), upcoming summer movies (so many superheroes), and so much more! We want to hear from you - give us your feedback and maybe we’ll give you a shout-out on the show! Visit us at facebook.com/boycowradio; or on Twitter: @BoyCowRadio! Co-hosted by Travis Richey (@TheTravisRichey) and Mark W. Gray (@RocketPictures) and produced by Jeffrey Gardner (@jeffaplus).