A Deep Dive Into The Bizarre Future of Telescopes

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Hoping to see deeper into the universe, scientists and engineers are designing some of the largest and weirdest telescopes ever conceived. Come with our guest host Astro Alexandra on a tour of the telescopes of the future.
Hosted by: Astro Alexandra
Find Astro Alexandra at msha.ke/astro_alexandra/
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:56 Advantages of utilizing multiple telescopes for comprehensive astronomical research
4:51 The Extremely Large Telescope and the Giant Magellan Telescope
10:36 The Square Kilometer Array Observatory and interferometry
13:58 SPACE TELESCOPES!
14:52 Origins
17:43 LUVOIR
19:47 Habex
21:40 Athena
24:07 SPIDER
25:29 Lunar Crater Radio Telescope
28:57 Sun Based Telescope
30:13 How Telescope technology has changed
31:35 Outro
Correction:
26:40 The image here is actually Opportunity, not Perseverance.
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@ASTRO_ALEXANDRA 4 ай бұрын

I had the best time learning about the future of telescopes for this project! I can't wait to see where these things take us...

@gioflores7989 4 ай бұрын

Very glad to see u here on SciShow. I followed you on Instagram but unfortunately I took down my account. I'll follow you on KZfaq if possible

@jllhrmonica 4 ай бұрын

Eyyo! Watching your shorts lately!

@sultan.savalan 4 ай бұрын

Thank Alexandra for your awesome presentation 👏

@LeoAngora 4 ай бұрын

Welcome to SciShow and the world of horizontal video!

@GlaucoHass 4 ай бұрын

That's top cameo, right here! Fantastic to see you on SciShow. I'm one of the trillion people that follow you everywhere and if others still don't, please do.

@LGRuggeri 4 ай бұрын

Who else is here because of Hank's new curly hair???

@lorenzosaudito 4 ай бұрын

🙋

@terriusmaximus5218 4 ай бұрын

That would be me as well.

@astro_villain 4 ай бұрын

Lmaooo

@eaterdrinker000 4 ай бұрын

Same here. Also, I just recently learned from Barbara Rossi how to achieve Al-Astra's hairstyle! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aNZoobaH3dGcd5c.htmlsi=ugDrpDzl45usi-eH (P.S., I have no idea who Barbara Rossi is or how I came to subscribe to her channel.)

@Ravnz51 4 ай бұрын

@lady_draguliana784 4 ай бұрын

I want to see a ridiculous headline with maximum repeats of an abbreviations: "At 9:33pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) the GMT (Giant Magellan Telescope) was observing the GMT (Galactic Microwave Topography) and discovered a GMT (Gravitational Micro Turbulence) event in progress!" 🤣

@macseigel7295 4 ай бұрын

“At 9:33 GMT the GMT was observing the GMT and discovered a GMT event in progress!” I just really wanted to see it all wrote out without the parentheticals.

@lady_draguliana784 4 ай бұрын

@@macseigel7295 Indeed! "At 9:33pm GMT the GMT was observing the GMT and discovered a GMT event in progress!" as the headline and the article never specifies either! just maximum Nerd Trolling! 🤣

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 4 ай бұрын

You've got a promising career in headline writing.

@nickid113 4 ай бұрын

I like that she took a comfortable seat....letting us know this is a long video

@bjornolson6527 4 ай бұрын

Along with elocution, phrasing, and inflection, etc.; a draw to my mind/focus. Please come back, often!😊🎉

@arieverhoeff9141 4 ай бұрын

and talking about things as resilient as Dolly Parton :)

@samiscebba4332 4 ай бұрын

she's ganna get neck pain if she doesnt roll her shoulders back & engage thoracis extension

@JenniferNg0529 4 ай бұрын

My current PhD research is on liquid mirror telescopes! I was so excited to watch this video!

@andre_sich 4 ай бұрын

That's amazing, the words sounds totally like science fiction to me, I can't believe there is research on it already. Good luck with your research!

@Hey-gr4we 4 ай бұрын

Going old school in a new way.

@savagesarethebest7251 4 ай бұрын

Like mercury ?

@payamkohan2452 4 ай бұрын

Thanks 😍 we are also excited to see the results of your studies. We will support

@emperordima9139 4 ай бұрын

I like the new girl

@brantwedel 4 ай бұрын

Nice! I like this longer-form explainer style, and guest hosts that have subject matter experience makes a ton of sense for them!

@RBN.De-En 4 ай бұрын

@elibaum 4 ай бұрын

100% Much more of this please!

@michelleatkinson4940 4 ай бұрын

See sells , nice thumbnail 😅

@colubrinedeucecreative 4 ай бұрын

Hank was right, it was a great episode! Well done team!

@lifeteen2 4 ай бұрын

One of the really cool details that makes the Magellan telescope unique is that there are no straight lines obstructing the optical path. The edges of all the mirrors are round, and the support structure is aligned with the gaps between the giant round mirrors. Just like JWST, ELT has hexagonal mirror segments and supports blocking some of the light, which will cause those characteristic diffraction spikes. The GMT won't have those spikes, which is especially important for imaging planets and other faint objects very close to bright stars.

@sohinidutta97 4 ай бұрын

As someone who's working on these weird telescopes, this makes me very happy. Great video!

@willowmoon7 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for everything you do!

@pett8676 4 ай бұрын

How do you keep such big mirrors dust free during operations?

@pesteanvstefan5491 4 ай бұрын

Neah , you arent.

@sohinidutta97 4 ай бұрын

@@pett8676 my work is on data analysis and processing from telescopes like the SKA, not the engineering (though the engineering is really cool!). It's really challenging to extract the signal that we want to observe from everything else.

@jasongarcia2140 4 ай бұрын

You're a rockstar.

@wetekwetek 4 ай бұрын

Holy crap. This is the most comprehensible video about the (possible) future of (radio)telescopes. Also I can share this with people that have no clue about what humanity/science is already capable of doing at this moment. 42 out of 10, would science this...

@StrangeChickandPuppo 4 ай бұрын

@scottieapplseed 4 ай бұрын

I looove just how weird and creative the little bits stack up to solve similar problems. This is why science should be free for people to learn from, and together we can build a wondrous future.

@sarahlynn7807 4 ай бұрын

I came here from the chemo hair video. It's working.

@eaterdrinker000 4 ай бұрын

@victoriaeads6126 4 ай бұрын

"As resilient as Dolly Parton" is the best analogy I have heard in a very long time.

@stevenqirkle 4 ай бұрын

I don’t get it?

@dannyarcher6370 4 ай бұрын

She's one to talk.

@sntslilhlpr6601 4 ай бұрын

@@stevenqirkle She's an absolute force of nature. You can love or hate her music or her style, but she's a genuinely good person who does untold amounts of charity work.

@mizake01 4 ай бұрын

THAT'S when i realized that this was a "different" sciShow Comedy with science MUST go together sometimes. Cheers! 🍻

@rhov-anion 3 ай бұрын

Dolly is a national treasure. Not really a country music fan myself, but she's such a genuinely wonderful person who has stood firm against sexism and fought for education.

@madsringswaldegan1058 4 ай бұрын

ALEXANDRA IS ON SCISHOW THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE

@jimthepyroful 4 ай бұрын

Heard about this from the curly hair video, and as soon as I heard it was Astro Alexandra I watched it immediately. She makes me excited about space like no one else!

@ThatCheesyLad 4 ай бұрын

astro alexandra on scishow??? hell yeah!

@noahw5887 4 ай бұрын

KabeerKishore is commenting on Scishow??? Hell yeah!

@Matli-MC 4 ай бұрын

@@noahw5887wow, so many stars here! Noahw5887 is commenting on kabeer comment on scishow? Wow 🎉

@98Zai 4 ай бұрын

When this popped up in my feed I thought it was a compilation of old scishow videos, but this is a documentary! Thanks for telling me about it, curly Hank :)

@markgoggin2014 4 ай бұрын

Dear SciShow, bring Astro back. I could watch her talk all day

@RanduMandu 4 ай бұрын

I'm so happy to see you here on the SciShow! I hope you end up posting more videos on your own channel.

@EricBurns1 4 ай бұрын

I recently got to meet John Mather, the former heard of the JWST project, and talked briefly about proposed future telescopes. My favorite is definitely the New Worlds Mission with the starshade design.

@13brightyellow 4 ай бұрын

Love the deep dive form! This was great!

@Omni0404 4 ай бұрын

Lmao anybody else here because of Hank hard selling it? 😅

@SteveFrench_420 4 ай бұрын

No. Space fascinates me but I'd be lying if I said i didn't start watching to sit and watch this beauty explain future space tech.

@desert_sky_guy 4 ай бұрын

Sci Show is the bees knees.

@JarrodCoombes 4 ай бұрын

I absolutely love how these absolutely brilliant engineers and scientists can come up with these mind boggling designs for telescopes, but then completely stall on on coming up with names and just end up with things like "The very large telescope" Really highlights where the priorities are, lol.

@Sarmen.Michaels 4 ай бұрын

I love this episode. Thank you SciShow. Astro Alexandra is an amazing host. Don’t forget to be awesome.

@DataSoong101 4 ай бұрын

Watching this is making me so ridiculously excited that I'm shaking and smiling and nearly want to cry, I love this too much.

@3008fadi 4 ай бұрын

I enjoyed every moment of the episode, receiving answers to several lingering questions. Despite its brevity, the video was remarkably informative, with the presenter's enthusiasm and spontaneity shining through, making it truly enjoyable from all angles. I found myself wishing it wouldn't end

@Junior2045 4 ай бұрын

Lol ya had me there for a second with the "Habitable" part. I really thought we'd be living in a huge telescope =(

@tenthz 4 ай бұрын

I had that thought, too! Would be cool to blend a space telescope with a space station.

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 4 ай бұрын

Good news: you already are. (Since the whole Earth has a telescope array.)

@ZaDussault 4 ай бұрын

There's a question I have had for a while and I think I would LOVE to see a sci show video about the topic! I can't seem to find any macro algae that are toxic to humans. From what I can find, they are ALL edible. Why is that so? Why would large aquatic plants not have any toxins like so many micro algae and ground plants have? There are a lot of plant eating fishes and molloscs, so I don't kknow why. And it kinda bothers me. I'm grateful for all that edible stuff but hey, it's wierd

@ZipplyZane 4 ай бұрын

Oh, guest host. I looked her up and was thinking "wow, Scishow is hiring some very accomplished hosts these days."

@august1871 4 ай бұрын

Better guests than ghosts I always say

@jeshkam 4 ай бұрын

She's seriously cute though.

@ZipplyZane 4 ай бұрын

@@LGrian She's an accomplished science communicator. SciShow usually seems to hire unknowns.

@silviavalentine3812 4 ай бұрын

@@jeshkam -.-

@silviavalentine3812 4 ай бұрын

@@BresciGaetano marketing is an absolute trash field to be in.

@youtubersdigest 4 ай бұрын

Hey is that Alexandra?? I love her videos. She’s always quick to correct the horrible misinformation of news outlets

@elektrikblu7331 4 ай бұрын

The first of many videos with Alexandra, I hope.

@barryeldar687 4 ай бұрын

Comment for the algorithm, but this really hit different after watching Dr. Fatima's video on telescopes first.

@Cynthia63636 4 ай бұрын

Agreed

@derekbender 4 ай бұрын

Hooray Alexandra!!

@reillyspitzfaden 4 ай бұрын

I love her videos! Cool to see her come on SciShow

@knowledgeckr786 4 ай бұрын

Thanks

@andymation 4 ай бұрын

This was absolutely fascinating and packed with interesting info--so I hate to offer a critique, but note to the editor: I found the pacing of this video exhausting. I literally had to take a break and come back later. This style of non-stop-talking without a break works in smaller doses, but for a 30 minute video it's like drinking from a fire hose. My brain can only take in so much info at once without needing a momentary pause to process and consider what I've just heard. You are overloading my brain's buffer space! With a video this long you need to have some moments to breathe! Feed me, then let me digest for a couple seconds, then feed more, repeat. There's no need to be afraid of retention dropping off; anyone clicking on a 30 minute video knows what they're getting into. Again, I love the info and content, but this would be way easier to fully digest with some more thought to the shape of the pacing.

@andrewbenge2040 4 ай бұрын

I really like the presentation style with the sets and such this episode. Hope we see more of it

@prongs4137 4 ай бұрын

Sci show always introducing me to more awesome science communicators as their guest hosts.tysm

@iCuddleAfter6 4 ай бұрын

A half hour of telescope knowledge? Far out

@prdoyle 4 ай бұрын

4:12 - man the SciShow writers love that word "proverbial"

@dougthemoleman 4 ай бұрын

I've been enjoying Alexandra's stuff on TikTok, and it's so cool to see she's joined SciShow. Looking forward to more great space content!

@emyra_3293 4 ай бұрын

this video was seriously fascinating!

@thomasdzubin 4 ай бұрын

Wow. I casually watch the various Sci show videos, but this one was fantastic with lots of great details about the future projects

@xXjuanpablo1403Xx 4 ай бұрын

We want more of Astro Alexandra on Scishow!! 💗

@trevorrivas1463 4 ай бұрын

Gotta say... The ONLY reason im here is that killer CTA from the "chemo curls" episode at the end. I was 100% sold. Hanks all like "hey watch this other video we made!" I think "meh" "Its about the future of telescopes and one that spans two continents and uses a lunar crater as a dish!" I think "interesting..." Hank says " if you need something to watch next, it's nice and long. Have some tea!" I think "damnit I'm in"

@scottsutherland3630 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video! Big fan of Astro Alexandra's content, so great seeing her collaborating with SciShow. :)

@benjaminforman8901 4 ай бұрын

Collaboration is one of the greatest things, in both science itself and science communicators.

@datafoxy 4 ай бұрын

Wow I had no idea there were so many different designs.

@stephanieparker1250 4 ай бұрын

I’m excited for the radio telescopes coming out. Gathering light in a telescope is great but it’s limited.

@yellowjello3750 4 ай бұрын

Glad to see Astro Alexandra on here.

@way-13 4 ай бұрын

I LOVE THESE SINGLE HOST LONG VIDEOS!!!!

@davetoms1 4 ай бұрын

Astro Alexandra is awesome on all the social platforms! Fantastic getting to see such a phenomenal science communicator partner with my beloved SciShow 🤘🤓🤘

@youtubersdigest 4 ай бұрын

That’s still just so cool to see her here. That’s a huge step up girl congratulations!!

@tomholroyd7519 4 ай бұрын

Antenna design is a magical art

@KipIngram 4 ай бұрын

It's not, actually - it's really just geometry. There's just a good bit to keep up with. A guitar string vibration frequency depends on length, tension, and mass per unit length. Imagine that you were stuck with your tension and your mass per unit length - your only way of adjusting frequency would be length. That's the situation you're in with an antenna, though it is complicated some by the possibility of having reflecting and directing elements as well as the one resonant active element. But it's all about length and spacing.

@sultan.savalan 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, guys! By far one of the best episodes of SciShow.

@StrangeChickandPuppo 4 ай бұрын

@nicksamek12 4 ай бұрын

Hoping for more long-form to come!

@billmanzke758 4 ай бұрын

Great presenter. I'll look forward to more episodes from her.

@sudhanvasapre5171 4 ай бұрын

Another superb host and another superb show! Great days to be a SciShow fan!! Awesome!!

@gamingwithlacks 4 ай бұрын

Can Alexandra be a regular guest? Her passion for space is infectious

@cragbot1 4 ай бұрын

great video, hope to see more of these deep dives

@CataclysmicDuck 4 ай бұрын

"...put all its skillpoints into mirrors." made me laugh out loud 😂

@Zumba4USweden 4 ай бұрын

Awesome! Love this episode! Just bought my first telescope yesterday! 🤩🤩🤩🔭 A Celestron.

@jasongarcia2140 4 ай бұрын

Ohhh lucky!!

@usnavyguy4454 4 ай бұрын

Best episode I've seen in a while.

@blikpils 4 ай бұрын

Curly hair man sent me

@MrPablo616 4 ай бұрын

Yup, same.

@alien9279 4 ай бұрын

10:15 I really just got called out for use8ng jwst images on my desktop 😂😂

@madsringswaldegan1058 4 ай бұрын

Right I have a big folder of JWST’s best pics for my desktop and I felt like she was reading my mind a little

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 4 ай бұрын

We're all pretty much the same person, aren't we?

@jmanj3917 4 ай бұрын

7:00 That's crazy!! And, thank you for using the correct phrasing to describe the relationship... One one-thousandth the width of; Not: A thousand times smaller than... It's hard to believe that an educational YTer finally said it right! 😆

@Mystical_Zeus 4 ай бұрын

I remember learning about the Arecibo telescope before it collapsed and I kinda thought it was going to because it looked in a bit of disarray when Tom Scott visited it. This makes me happy we are getting new and more advanced telescopes

@robearth 4 ай бұрын

What a get for sci show! Never heard of her before but was immediately struck by this persons vocabulary skills 👌🏻

@erilmort81 4 ай бұрын

Alexis Dahl - Writer JD Voyek - Script Editor

@RogueTurban 4 ай бұрын

her articulation and annunciation is what stuck out to me. well done.

@JohnAmerisun 4 ай бұрын

Excellent presenter!!

@davethepak 4 ай бұрын

Great video - a bit longer than usually have time for - but excellent vid - with tons of high level info on a lot of scopes - gives ideas on anything else to dig into. Also, as someone with public speaking, science, and comedy experience - Alexandra did a great job - loved the mix of content and humorous asides - just the right balance. As always - great content, delivery and production quality.

@EvilGrootSloth 4 ай бұрын

This is the best long video SciShow has ever done.

@jamesleatherwood5125 4 ай бұрын

Guest host! Nice!

@eriknicholas7294 4 ай бұрын

"Uh, boss... How many years bad luck is it to break one of these mirrors? ... Asking for a friend."

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 4 ай бұрын

I can imagine someone writing that as a joke research paper.

@normanicole4714 4 ай бұрын

I loved this long format.

@fpoggesi 4 ай бұрын

Using orange to color France while missing most of Brittany... I feel like SciShow needs to prepare for the arrival of the Map Nerds.

@CamAustralia001 4 ай бұрын

That is a beautifully sculptured narrative. Well done. Just excellent.

@joshuawilliams6800 4 ай бұрын

As someone that used to work at a large observatory in Hawai'i, I'm a little surprised you made no mention of the 30-meter telescope (TMT). Is this accidental? Or on purpose due to the uncertainty of it?

@beanoptodon 4 ай бұрын

Long form video to watch while I work lets goooooo!!!!!

@eugenecbell 4 ай бұрын

Great report. Y’all did a great job.

@exmcairgunner 4 ай бұрын

Yes indeed I was pleased to see AA on SciShow

@AndrewConkling 4 ай бұрын

This was so good! Happy to support SciShow and get amazing deep dives like this. 🤩

@roberthofmann8403 4 ай бұрын

I've seen her reels on FB. Glad to see her on SciShow!

@sharwnthla 4 ай бұрын

This is fantastic! The combination of SciShow and Alexandra is pure perfection! I hope you wonderful folks work together more. She is truly a joy to listen to, she serves up pure brain food! ❤

@techalch3m1st42 4 ай бұрын

This is the coolest video I've seen on KZfaq in a very long time.

@kuryamtl 4 ай бұрын

loved this format!! More of this please

@CrucialArmitage 4 ай бұрын

Welcome to sci show. I have been watching you on facebook and tic Tok for a while now! Love your content. Hope to see you on sci show often

@DerMarkus1982 4 ай бұрын

6:35 Would've been hilarious if you'd put the phrase " 'Mission: Impossible' Style" somewhere in that statement. Like... I could imagine someone hovering over the mirror like that, plus the M:I Theme strted playing in my head. 😄