Turning Earth Into a Telescope The Terrascope

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When it comes to telescopes, bigger is better. That's why we're investing billions of dollars into a new generation of extremely large telescopes , such as the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). But is 30 meters truly extreme? Could it be possible to ever build a telescope on the scale of a planet? In a new research paper by our very own Professor David Kipping, a solution for turning the Earth into a Terrascope is presented. Join us on a journey though the history of telescope inventions as well David's own personal journey to devising this new radical approach to the telescope. • Written and Presented by Professor David Kipping • This video is based on research conducted at the Cool Worlds Lab at Columbia University, New York. You can now support our research program directly here: https://www.coolworldslab.com/support • The Terrascope paper can be found at: • ► Kipping, David (2019), The Terrascope: On the Possibility of Using the Earth as an Atmospheric Lens , PASP, accepted for publication: http://coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu/... • Chapters • 0:00 - Prologue • 0:43 - Telescopes through Time • 7:48 - Natural Lensing • 14:02 - The Green Flash • 18:55 - The Terrascope • 26:42 - Dreams of Our Youth • Video materials and graphics used: • ► JWST timelapse from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12145 • ► GTC footage by Gianluca Lombardi: • Meet the Giant - A night at the 10.4m... • ► ELT animation by ESO Herbert Zodet: https://www.eso.org/public/usa/videos... • ► GMT mirror casting by University of Arizona Steward Observatory Mirror Lab: • Video • ► Water lensing clips by Spa Nederland: • Video • ► NASA/International Space Station footage of the Earth • ► Green Flash footage by Mila Zinkova: • Green flash sunset • ► Earth timelapse taken by EPIC onboard NOAA's DSCOVR satellite, video by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Kayvon Sharghi: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12312 • ► WFIRST animation by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Conceptual Image Lab: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12153 • ► JWST deployment animation by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10660 • Movies/TV scenes used: • ► Interstellar (2014) • ► Sunshine (2007) • ► Einstein and Eddington (2008) • Music used, in chronological order: • ► Waking Up by Atlas, licensed through SoundStripe.com: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/3984 • ► Music from Neptune Flux, The Oceans Continue to Rise by Chris Zabriskie (http://chriszabriskie.com/neptuneflux/); licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) • ► Music from Honor, The Sun Is Scheduled to Come Out Tomorrow by Chris Zabriskie (http://chriszabriskie.com/honor/); licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) • ► Music from Neptune Flux, Stories About the World That Once Was by Chris Zabriskie (http://chriszabriskie.com/neptuneflux/); licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) • ► It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn by Hill, licensed through SoundStripe.com: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/7441 • ► Waking Up by Atlas, licensed through SoundStripe.com: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/3984 • ► Reverence by Triad, licensed through SoundStripe.com: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/754 • ► Cylinder Two (http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/) by Chris Zabriskie (http://chriszabriskie.com/); licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) • ► Music from Honor, The Sun Is Scheduled to Come Out Tomorrow by Chris Zabriskie (http://chriszabriskie.com/honor/); licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) • And also... • ► Columbia University Department of Astronomy: http://www.astro.columbia.edu • ► Cool Worlds Lab website: http://coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu • ::Playlists For Channel:: • Latest Cool Worlds Videos ► http://bit.ly/NewCoolWorlds • Cool Worlds Research ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsResearch • Cool Worlds Long Form Videos ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsEssays • Guest Videos ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsGuests • Q A Videos ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsQA • Tabby's Star ► http://bit.ly/TabbysStar • Science of TV/Film ► http://bit.ly/ScienceMovies • ::Follow us:: • SUBSCRIBE to the channel http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsSubscribe • THANKS FOR WATCHING!! • #Terrascope #EarthSizedTelescope #CoolWorlds

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