[NIAC 2023] Revolutionary 100-Kilometer Space Telescope

There are radio wavelengths that we can't see from Earth. And to observe them from space, we need a truly huge telescope. Mary Knapp and her team proposed a project that can allow us to build such a telescope and they just recently got a NIAC grant for it. 👉 More about the NIAC award: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/Great_Observatory_for_Long_Wavelengths/ 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 01:20 Haystack Observatory 02:48 NIAC proposal for 100-km telescope 14:23 What Science Can the Telescope Do 30:36 New Approach to Space Telescopes 39:21 What's Next 41:55 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/l8NZDimTlwM 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast