The REAL Possibility of Mapping Alien Planets!

PBS Space Time Season 2022 Episode 27

Overview:
I’m going to tell you about the craziest proposal for an astrophysics mission that has a good chance of actually happening. A train of spacecraft sailing the sun’s light to a magical point out there in space where the Sun’s own gravity turns it into a gigantic lens. What could such a solar-system-sized telescope do? Pretty much anything. But definitely map the surfaces of alien worlds.

Genre : Documentary, Talk

Actors : Matthew O’Dowd

Release Date : 2022-10-12

Duration : 22 menit

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