Can we take a picture of an Earth-like planet?! | Habitable Worlds Observatory 2040s
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Күн бұрынAD | To try everything Brilliant has to offer-free-for a full 30 days, visit brilliant.org/drbecky and you'll get 20% off Brilliant's annual premium subscription. | The Habitable Worlds Observatory is a space based telescope that plans to directly image earth-like planets around sun-like stars, due to launch in the 2040s. It’s a space telescope that’s set to be the same size as JWST but instead of observing in the infrared, it detects visible and ultraviolet light. It’ll sit at the stable point Lagrange point 2, just like JWST, around 1.5 million km away from Earth AND the plan is for it to be serviced like the Hubble Space Telescope was by astronauts, but this time by robots. I chatted to Mark Clampin, the Director of the Astrophysics Division at NASA about the plans for this project. But don’t get too excited though because it’s not set to launch until the 2040s, so how come we’re already talking about it now?
My previous video on JWST's search for biosignatures - • JWST is hunting for th...
1972 decadal survey (Hubble Space Telescope recommendation) - nap.nationalacademies.org/cat...
1982 decadal survey (Chandra X-ray Telescope recommendation) - nap.nationalacademies.org/cat...
1991 decadal survey (Spitzer Space Telescope recommendation) - nap.nationalacademies.org/cat...
2001 decadal survey (James Webb Space Telescope recommendation) - nap.nationalacademies.org/cat...
2010 decadal survey (Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope recommendation) - nap.nationalacademies.org/cat...
2023 decadal survey (Habitable Worlds Observatory recommendation) - nap.nationalacademies.org/cat...
00:00 - What is the Habitable Worlds Observatory?
01:37 - Astrophysics decadal survey recommendations - Hubble, Chandra, Spitzer, JWST, Roman, HWO
04:55 - How is HWO different to JWST? Transits vs direct imaging
07:06 - The magic of integral field units
09:20 - Involvement of ESA and the UK Space Agency
10:49 - Interview with Mark Clampin, Director of Astrophysics Division, NASA
16:39 - Brilliant
18:12 - Bloopers
Video filmed on a Sony ⍺7 IV
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👩🏽💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford (Christ Church). I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.
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@hcmassey2 27 күн бұрын
Yes! I want to hear about the Nancy Grace Roman telescope.
@KeithRowley 27 күн бұрын
Seconded!
@LeftCoastStephen 27 күн бұрын
Thirded. 85th actually but the rest got lazy and just thumbed up.
@skyforger8102 27 күн бұрын
Fourthed.
@pierreabbat6157 27 күн бұрын
Will there be a Neapolitan or Venetian telescope too?
@TypoKnig 27 күн бұрын
And about Nancy Grace Roman the person!
@lyledal 27 күн бұрын
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope video? Yes, please!
@markfergerson2145 27 күн бұрын
Indeed. Who was she and why is a telescope being named after her (rhetorical question)? A video on how instruments are named for certain people would be great. More details about how the technological challenges of the coronascope and platform stability are to be addressed will be welcome as well as what kinds of sensors will be needed to get the desired data, and any other problems not mentioned so far. Also, how crowded is the Lagrange point right now, and how crowded can they get before there’s no more room due to various instruments blocking each other’s view? I mean, we know that Space Is Really Really Big but the Lagrange point is limited.
@GennadiyVavrenyuk 27 күн бұрын
Think of parking a car on planet earth. How many cars before it’s crowded? That’s about how crowded it’s getting at Lagrange point.
@2147B 27 күн бұрын
You know you're getting old when "Nasa wont launch it until the 2040's" doesn't sound far away at all...!
@rustythecrown9317 27 күн бұрын
you got that backward . I'll fix it '' You know you're getting old when NASA won't launch till the 2040's and you won't be alive to see it. There. Much better.
@executivesteps 27 күн бұрын
@@rustythecrown9317Saved me from writing the same thing!
@gordonn4915 27 күн бұрын
I’m old enough that I probably won’t live to see it.
@2147B 27 күн бұрын
@@rustythecrown9317 Yeah in the real terms but I was referencing the conundrum of your relative time speeding up every day you get older. Life is fleeting.
@ryanchicago6028 27 күн бұрын
Naaaasa, not Nasa. Get it right! 🏆🏆🏆 This is Primate Physics. It talks with the Stars!
@jwag82 27 күн бұрын
3:33 Yes, please!!
@TheReaverOfDarkness 27 күн бұрын
3:27 - 3:33
@DavidLindes 26 күн бұрын
@@TheReaverOfDarkness and 3:13. ;)
@VolkerHett 27 күн бұрын
I'm at a point in life where space exploration will stay SciFi for me. On the other hand, I saw Gemini Missions live on TV!
@christopherlperezcruz1507 27 күн бұрын
Its gonna stay SciFi for all of us. Space tech really hasn't progressed as much and there isn't an ROI so it's gonna get slower.
@brick6347 27 күн бұрын
William Shatner went to space(ish) in his 90s, so you never know! Eat your veggies, because maybe in 20-30 years space will be affordable (again with the ish, I'm talking sell your house affordable here. But if it's your dream...)
@keterclassentity6716 27 күн бұрын
I've been exploring space through data, it's a beautiful universe
@zanzibart3 27 күн бұрын
It is ok to remove the "fiction" if it's not made up. If a bit is hard to understand then the truth is out there: we have great tools nowadays.
@VolkerHett 27 күн бұрын
@@zanzibart3 the problem is, I don’t have enough years left to see the results from this telescope.
@kayinoue2497 26 күн бұрын
When I was about 12 and first decided I wanted astronomy and astrophysics to be my life's work, I never thought we'd be able to directly image an exoplanet, whether with a ground-based, or space-based telescope. Heck, the material at the time was still fuzzy on whether our data indicated real exoplanets. Almost 30 years later and this is where we're at. So when the HWO launches, imagine where we'll be with our imaging capabilities and machine learning capabilities to better enhance our data analysis. Fantastic.
@FredPlanatia 24 күн бұрын
we're aleady starting to develop new materials with distributed automated AI labs. So, the crazy specs of this telescope don't seem so crazy anymore.
@mavadelo 27 күн бұрын
"Do you want me to tell you about the telescope I never told you about before" Wel DUH...... What a silly question!! 🤣😂😝
@BurnabyAlex 26 күн бұрын
We've had one Habitable world, yes... but what about HOBBITABLE worlds?
@JuicyRebounds 21 күн бұрын
One does not simply rocket onto exoplanets…
@darkflip 27 күн бұрын
Moon earings got me starry eyed ;)
@dray7579 27 күн бұрын
If everyone could just focus on some of this stuff instead of trying to kill each other, just imagine what we can do.
@tabularasa0606 27 күн бұрын
Dictators also need hobbies...
@FLPhotoCatcher 27 күн бұрын
IFU
@elaa673 26 күн бұрын
if only...
@a.karley4672 26 күн бұрын
Reduce the arms industry to impotence ... and wreck the economy in consequence.
@rosyidharyadi7871 26 күн бұрын
to be fair, many technological innovations came from the motivation to kill each other in world war: radar, computer, etc.
@302ci1968 27 күн бұрын
So, I have to be alive in the 2040s. That's not starting too good ! Haha
@kapa1611 27 күн бұрын
dammit, delaying su*c*de it is xD
@TomLeg 26 күн бұрын
In the 2040s there'll be a new thing 20 years away you'll want to hear about ... Just take each day as good luck and don't worry, be happy.
@302ci1968 26 күн бұрын
Change of plan now ;)
@I.amthatrealJuan 26 күн бұрын
That was a fascinating interview from someone in that position. So much data is coming.
@cabrelbeuk72 25 күн бұрын
It sounds like a lovely and very interesting video but i can't take my eyes and focus out of this gorgeous 9X8 in the background.
@bee9026 25 күн бұрын
Ayoooo, nice Peugeot 9X8 over there ;))
@HighMansx 27 күн бұрын
LMAO Papyrus!!!! Did you know they made a sequel to that which came out recently?!
@miallo 27 күн бұрын
In *BOLD*
@squee599 26 күн бұрын
The crossover I didn't know I needed!
@TheNeo349 26 күн бұрын
I watched both parts for the first time just yesterday and today i see my fav science communicator referencing it. truly a small world.
@AndromedatheBasshead 26 күн бұрын
Papyrus 2?? What are we doing here? Let's go!
@patreekotime4578 25 күн бұрын
Does it come in Italics now???
@CaseyW491 27 күн бұрын
Dr Becky's passion for the subject permeates every part of her videos, and it's contagious. I love it.
@eaglesviper79 27 күн бұрын
She can sing too 🤩 🤩
@TheBookDoctor 26 күн бұрын
Never heard of an IFU before. How amazing! Would be very cool to see a video about how they work. I can't even imagine how you actually get a spectrum at every pixel.
@kelkka7 27 күн бұрын
Love the Papyrus reference 😂😂
@RJRJ 26 күн бұрын
I actually liked papyrus in Avatar! Despite the meme, it did actually look nice as subs for the film. James Cameron thought the art department came up with it and liked it. When he found out it was an old well known font and there was backlash, he said he just doubled down on putting it in everything haha
@rogerdudra178 27 күн бұрын
I was a little boy when NASA started influencing my hikes through the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Tang and a 'space' blanket went everywhere I did in 1965 on to now.
@billsybainbridge3362 25 күн бұрын
The fact that I understood your every word must say something about our mutual habitation of a particular Spacetime! :)
@louisgiokas2206 26 күн бұрын
This is interesting. I have worked on spacecraft, including both NASA and military, from the late 1970s. The long timeframes to research, design and build these devices can often be daunting to individuals. Sometimes, because of funding issues among others, there is a stop and start cycle. For example, I worked on the design of what became the ISS in the 1980s. When I started on that project, I had a bunch of older colleagues who worked on it in the 1970s. Construction in space finally began in the late 1990s. As with most space science projects, one is always trying to do something that hasn't been done before. This includes the instruments, of course, but also the spacecraft structure and mechanisms themselves. From the inception of the Landsat, it was recognized that handling and disseminating the massive amounts of data was important, thus the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) was developed. It was considered a big innovation at the time. This new satellite sounds like it may generate much more data. Fortunately, the idea of putting specialized processing in the cloud is well advanced. It started with large engineering simulations and is now in full swing with AI.
@diddykong3100 27 күн бұрын
"The Roman Telescope" is a phrase too good to not want to hear more about it. I get that "Roman", in this case, is a person's name, but still ...
@stefanhennig 25 күн бұрын
Yea, it's like: " How long does planning take in astronomy? " --- "Well, I don't know exactly, but we are going to launch the Roman Telescope in less than twenty years."
@backwashjoe7864 24 күн бұрын
"Roman" is actually the telescope's font.
@stevevernon1978 8 күн бұрын
Don't worry, they'll call it the NGRST
@martynspooner5822 26 күн бұрын
So pleased that these really clever people are out there, I sit back in awe and appreciation.
@Darkanight 21 күн бұрын
There are three reasons why I have been a fan of Dr. Becky for so long: 1: the eyes, as deep as the universe (supernova!) 2: the accent and cadence, that help you remember how amazing and exciting space science really is 3: the wonderful choice of topics, conciseness, precision, and simplicity towards their explanation. ❤
@saad_ghannam 25 күн бұрын
I LOVE the miniature Peugeot 9X8 behind you
@Sehlat 24 күн бұрын
Thank you! Great explanations, as always. And adding the interview with Dr. Mark Clampin gave it something most other videos don't have.
@willedho 27 күн бұрын
Fantastic interview. Thank you!
@neoanderson7 26 күн бұрын
Looking forward to the interview! 👍🏻 Yes, telescope vid for sure! 👏🏻 Always enjoy your vids. 👏🏻🙂
@tiredoldmechanic1791 27 күн бұрын
By the current parameters being used to classify a planet inhabitable, Venus would meet the parameters from outside of our solar system. The "Goldilocks Zone" is pretty much useless. From the things we know about the Earth and it's twin Venus, the difference between habitable and inhabitable can be very slight. The chances of finding another are infinitesimal.
@JohnStrain-eu6eu 23 күн бұрын
Must say, bloopers best part of the mini lecture. Proves you are human not a bot. Long time runups are a thing of todays world.. more and more.
@MikeJamesMedia 26 күн бұрын
Always a pleasure to hear what you have to say, Dr. Becky! Thanks very much for all the work required to share these things with us. Take good care of yourself!
@marypotter_2010 26 күн бұрын
Id love to see a video on Nancy grace roman telescope! Also, do you know about kepler 22b?It is said to be in the habitable zone by NASA in 2011. Also Dr Becky, Can you make a video on how we heard the first sound after the big bang and how it was decoded for humans to hear? It would mean a lot! Thank you for the amazing videos and hoping your birthday went great!
@paulrapp613 26 күн бұрын
The 2040s huh? Well, in 2046 I’ll celebrate my 100th birthday. Assuming I’m still alive for said celebration!
@Pistolsatsean 25 күн бұрын
Amazing interview!!
@EricDavidRocks 25 күн бұрын
Papyrus SNL clip was fire
@virginie_fabrice 23 күн бұрын
hi becky !! a video about the NGR would be great !! thanks for the proposal !! and congrats for your tremendous work !! love it !!
@MCsCreations 27 күн бұрын
Fascinating stuff indeed! Thanks a bunch for the interview and explanations, dr. Becky! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
@GK49245 27 күн бұрын
Yes, Nancy please. Good storyline and rich content, as usually. Thanks.
@asicdathens 27 күн бұрын
The spectrometer on JWST I believe was designed with analyzing very small targets in mind like exoplanets. The spectrometer has these MEMS shutters that allow very small patches of the incoming light to be spesctroscopically analyzed
@ChrisH_S 26 күн бұрын
Sorry but..... ESA's main contributions to the Webb mission are: - The NIRSpec instrument - Several key components of the MIRI instrument, amounting to 50% of the whole instrument, through special funding from the ESA Member States (European Consortium) - The Ariane 5 ECA (Evolved Cryogenic, model A) launcher and all launch services at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou. - 15 scientists to support mission operations at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, USA. Not just a one... 😉
@DrBecky 26 күн бұрын
I was referring to the UK Space agency's contribution - sorry if that wasn't clear!
@olthadir 26 күн бұрын
You got a big laugh from me with that “Papyrus!!” Clip.
@sapelesteve 27 күн бұрын
Absolutely would like to watch a video about the NGR telescope Becky! 👍👍💥💥
@ronprince1478 26 күн бұрын
Thanks as always.🤔🤔😎
@Andrew-13579 26 күн бұрын
Happy Birthday wonderful, beautiful lady, Dr. Becky!!
@richc47us 26 күн бұрын
Happy Birthday Beck!
@skyforger8102 27 күн бұрын
Wooo! New video!
@supertell 27 күн бұрын
I want to hear more of you singing.
@KMerrells 27 күн бұрын
You're an excellent interviewer!
@Mohit-jf6lh 25 күн бұрын
Yesss please
@MB-yf4lt 26 күн бұрын
Love it when you saying 😊
@brucehemming9749 25 күн бұрын
Great video love the interview … would very much like to hear what you think about the Roman telescope! Thanks for sharing 🍻👍
@pinealgasm 27 күн бұрын
yes please.
@Joe-jv5mm 27 күн бұрын
Great Video 👏👏👏
@NM-yu3fc 23 күн бұрын
I know as a professional you might not want to do it, but I would love to see your reaction and insights into space movies. Your energy and enthusiasm is electric!
@theoneatyourdoor87 27 күн бұрын
That was a great Segue to the adv.
@michaelsommers2356 27 күн бұрын
'Segue', not 'segway'. Segway is a scooter.
@davidraiklen4521 22 күн бұрын
Yes, please do a video on the Roman Telescope and dark energy. And thanks for an excellent talk and interview!
@johntailby74 26 күн бұрын
Scanning for life forms, Those little life forms I love scanning for life forms Yes I do! Tribute to Commander Data
@lawrenceburchett7411 27 күн бұрын
Always nice to hear you Dr. Becky, I have been around since oh perhaps 150 or 200 subscribers, I stop in to learn, you have grown quite a bit . The old Boat Carpenter wishes you well ...Oh and sailors have stared at and used the stars for a very long time , be well , as my Father the Major, mapmaker who helped certain and adjust the GPS system would have said ...Carry on Troops ...
@pythongunner 26 күн бұрын
Yes please
@Peter_Morris 27 күн бұрын
Oh wow this is possibly in my lifetime. That’s pretty exciting.
@billsybainbridge3362 25 күн бұрын
I must say, you make the cutest Bloopers! :D
@robertkerr4201 27 күн бұрын
Yes I wanna hear about the Nancy Drew Mystery Telescope!
@doughilton 27 күн бұрын
Another great video! Thank you for posting the link(s) to the decadal survey publications, I have yoinked the most recent and will be scouring that! Exoplanets are what I want to study, so anything I can get my hands on! Oh, and yes, please do a video about the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope!
@sailingonasummerbreeze7892 27 күн бұрын
Thanks Dr. Becky for the presentation - very insightful and well presented. Would love to hear your take on the Nancy Grace Roman telescope!
@bwmcelya 21 күн бұрын
I propose we take pictures of our galactic planets, and trade with folks from other galaxies. Save some travel time. Re cameras: Freeze the secondary mirror down to -80 (dry ice) to get twice the resolution. Thanks doctor. Enjoyed the show.
@RonaldCzik 26 күн бұрын
Yes, please, a video on the Roman telescope!
@longlostkryptonian5797 27 күн бұрын
Life goals: live to see the HWO, helicopter on Titan and submarine on Europa😊
@livingod101 27 күн бұрын
Can we call it sometime other than IFU... Something only tagged on a raunchy mini candy heart for Valentine's Day.
@pliktl 27 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
@morscoronam3779 27 күн бұрын
I knew I couldn't be the only one thinking it 😂
@godofllies 27 күн бұрын
I hope to be around to experience the science
@hibiscus779 26 күн бұрын
That whiteboard was full of squigly hyerogliphs - I knew magic would come into it, eventually
@rpenterprises3488 26 күн бұрын
Every new partnership announcement gets me more excited about Revux!
@robbierobinson8819 26 күн бұрын
Yes please - a video on the Grace Roman telescope.
@qbarnes1893 27 күн бұрын
Dr Becky, you have the same persona as the amazing David Attenborough and Brian Cox, your amazingly intelligent, interesting and make really hard stuff easy to understand, thank you for your amazing efforts 🥳🥳🥳
@kushnick1 27 күн бұрын
Yes
@TomLeg 27 күн бұрын
Happy day-after-your-birthday! Love the "toe-nail moon" earings! Is there a significance to whether the missing part is on the inside or the outside?
@judithlashbrook4684 26 күн бұрын
Yes, I also noticed that they weren't in the usual order..
@JR-ey3oo 27 күн бұрын
Yes, I'm interested in the facts and your opinion on the Roman scope.
@nicholasrose2769 26 күн бұрын
Yes, please do a video on the Nancy Grace Roman telescope!!! 🙏🙏🙏
@punchkitten874 24 күн бұрын
4:14 Looking for habitable planets at this stage in our space game is like planning a roadtrip before you've even got a car
@genekent2391 27 күн бұрын
Yes, yes, yes...I want more on the Roman Telescope!!!!
@patrikhjorth3291 26 күн бұрын
Well, I think "technicological" sounds cooler than "technological", so I'll support it.
@Liammcgowan 27 күн бұрын
contrast gradients can be digitally enhanced by using tiles which are mirrored/flipped and rotated all corners in a mosaic. as for spectrograph sensitivity, consider a mirror somewhere between the shockwave of a bullet and ripples on water, where there is a linear rim around the middle and flat gradient off the outside circumference of the rim going back into concentric ripples. this will allow measure of flux from the day/night line but would rule out tidally locked planets. just some quick thoughts. ;-) x
@9kraby9 27 күн бұрын
yay new vid
@jamesmnguyen 26 күн бұрын
I love how you provided an image of yourself for your own paper, as if we don't already know what you look like 😄.
@anthonyhall7019 26 күн бұрын
Love those earrings!
@iugoeswest 26 күн бұрын
Awesome
@themog4911 9 күн бұрын
I hope I live long enough to see the images from the Habitable Worlds Observatory 🤞🏻
@allantaylor420 26 күн бұрын
Please yes, from 🇧🇷
@raybod1775 22 күн бұрын
It would make sense to send 3 to 5 telescopes orbiting in tandem thousands of meters from each other, possibly connected, combine their light for much sharper images.
@DavidLindes 26 күн бұрын
3:13 / 3:27 / 3:30 - Nancy Grace Roman? *goes to look her up* -- ooh, yes please to a video that ideally tells us about the planned telescope, and also a bit about Dr. Roman. Thanks!
@margueritejudson745 26 күн бұрын
Yes, a video on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, plz!!
@jaya9353 25 күн бұрын
5:30 finally i got how its working.
@flexhoncho6272 26 күн бұрын
Dr. Becky, in a future video can you discuss what technologies will be needed for the habitable worlds mission?
@MaxPower-11 17 күн бұрын
Having to “wait” for a planet to cross its star isn’t even the biggest drawback of the transit detection method! A bigger problem is that in order to even be able to detect a planet using transit in the first place, the exoplanet’s orbital plane has to be aligned perfectly from our vantage point. But… the orbital planes of solar systems in the galaxy are a completely random affair (with respect to the plane of the galaxy). As such, if some solar system say had an earth sized planet located 1AU from its start (like earth is from our sun), there is less than a 0.5% chance that the planet’s orbital plane is aligned such that we could detect it from earth. In other words, it makes no difference how long we wait for the planet to cross its star since from our vantage point we would never see it crossing its star.
@BethBarany 27 күн бұрын
yes please! a video on the nancy grace roman telescope
@johnhill752 27 күн бұрын
YES I definitely need to hear about the Nancy grace Roman telescope! I know nothing about it.
@lethargogpeterson4083 25 күн бұрын
In addition to Nancy Grace Roman, I would be interested in any Vera Rubin Observatory updates since your 5 telescopes video. I would also be interested in data processing pipeline changes for these new huge survey datasets. Cheers and thank you for this update.
@Andisend 27 күн бұрын
Hooray .. Dr. Kipping and his team must be celebrating ;)
@sholtodepuma 27 күн бұрын
Well he does make exceedingly good cakes
@dascandy 26 күн бұрын
Hey, I've got that same lego car in your background! That one is lots of fun to build, pretty challenging. The Peugeot, that is. F1 car still on the wishlist.
@ejsilk60473 18 күн бұрын
Becky, I really enjoy your reporting on astrophysics science and news. Please help me understand why searching for exoplanets is so important. Isn't understanding the observation of dark matter, the expansion of the universe and the possibility of bridging the gap between quantum mechanics and general relativity more important to physics? Given the number of stars in the universe, don't we already expect there to be habitable exoplanets? What is the value to humanity of finding one?
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