Host Dave Schlom is joined by two scientists deeply involved in NASA's latest orbiting observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
Named for NASA's first female executive and Chief of Astronomy, aka "The Mother of the Hubble," the Roman is a powerful new tool for astronomers featuring high-resolution, ultra-wide-field capabilities and a coronagraph that can help identify and classify exoplanets.
Dave is first joined by Patrick Lowrance, Staff Scientist at Caltech's IPAC (Infrared Processing and Analysis Center), to talk about the mission in general and its unique wide-field, high-resolution cameras that give it "100x the scale of Hubble."
Then Bertrand Mennesson, a Roman Deputy Project Scientist, joins us to discuss the new instrument's unique capabilities for finding and classifying exoplanets. From the mysteries of dark energy to finding other worlds, this is truly a spectacular new addition to our astronomical armada!
