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Space Astronomy News Eric P. Smith Astrophysics Division NASA Headquarters
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The more we know about the Cosmos the stranger it seems to get. The new Kepler space telescope has detected many new “exoplanet”—planets in other star systems. Some of these planets are quite strange. One has the density of Styrofoam. Another seems to be hotter than the star it revolves around. Kinks in the Kepler telescope’s sensors have been worked around using computers and the ground and it is now providing amazing data from millions of star systems. The refurbished Hubble Space Telescope has now peered more deeply into the past than ever before to almost the dawn of the Universe. In addition, the James Webb Telescope will soon allow us to see even further back in time. Come hear Dr. Eric P. Smith, NASA astrophysicist show and tell us about the Latest and Greatest News from the Cosmos.
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Space Astronomy News
Eric P. SmithAstrophysics DivisionNASA Headquarters
• March 2009 Kepler Launch
• May 2009 Hubble 5th servicing mission, Herschel and Planck launch
• December 2009 WISE launch
• May 2010 SOFIA first light
2009-2010: A Banner Year
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KeplerGoal: Determine the Frequency of
Earth-like planets
Where: The Cygnus-Lyra direction along the Orion arm of our galaxy.
How far: Design point is the Sun at 273 parsecs (800 light years). Useful stars are between 100 pc (300 l.y.) and 1000 pc (3000 l.y.)
How Kepler Spots Planets
Kepler’s First Planets
Planck Results
Herschel: Life’s Building Blocks
WISE
SOFIA First Light
Hubble Science
Missions in Development
James Webb Space Telescope
Wavelength Coverage: 0.6-28 microns. Primary Mirror diameter: 6.5 metersImaging and Spectroscopy Launch: 2014 Lifetime: 5-10 yearsPartnership with European Space Agency
and Canadian Space Agency
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The Eagle Nebula
as seen in the near-infrared
Visible (HST) Spitzer (24 µm) JWST (20 µm)
Fomalhaut
Galaxies in
GOODS Field
Simulation of the first
stellar clusters at the end of the Cosmic
Dark Age
What are the 1st luminous objects?
What is the nature of the 1st galaxies?
Do galaxy collisions play a role in their evolution?
What is the origin and importance of dark matter in the universe?
How do clouds collapse?
How does environment affect star and planetary formation?
How do planets form?
What is the nature and evolutionary timescale of debris disks?
How are habitable zones established?
First Light
Galaxy
Assembly
Birthplace of
Stars
Planets and
Life
James Webb Space Telescope Science Goals
How is Webb Different?
Full Scale Model in NYC
Science Instruments
Fine Guidance Sensor Mid-Infrared Instrument
Near Infrared Spectrometer Near Infrared Camera
International Missions
Plato Euclid SPICA
International X-ray Observatory
How do supermassive black holes grow? Does this change over cosmic time?
How does galaxy cluster evolution constrain the nature of dark matter and dark energy?
How are particles accelerated to extreme energies producing shocks, jets and cosmic rays?
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
First New Window on the Universe in ~50 years
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