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SUMMARY:Direct Multipixel Imaging of an exo-Earth with a Solar Gravitation
 al Lens Telescope
DTSTART:20191021T161500
DTEND:20191021T171500
DTSTAMP:20260506T205230Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Slava Turyshev\, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory / CALTEC
 H\nAccording to Einstein’s general theory of relativity\, the solar grav
 ity field acts as a lens that may be used focus and greatly amplify light 
 from distant faint sources. Thanks to impressive optical properties of the
  Solar Gravitational Lens (SGL)\, in the near future\, we could deploy a m
 odest telescope at the focal region of the SGL for direct imaging of a pot
 entially habitable Earth-like exoplanet with a megapixel resolution\, not 
 possible with any other astronomical tools. It could also provide high-res
 olution spectroscopic data to identify a variety of atmospheric biomarkers
  needed for unambiguous detection of an alien life form.
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
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