03-30-2017, 04:15 PM
Detecting life in the Milky Way
This is an article some here might be interested in reading. It discusses the instrumentation currently being planned for the TMT to help explore exoplanets and look for signs of life. The Kecks on Mauna Kea will be used to test the instrumentation.
https://phys.org/news/2017-03-tools-life.html (*)
(*) There is an error in the article. It claims the TMT will be the largest optical telescope in the world. That's untrue. The E-ELT in Chile will be larger.
This is an article some here might be interested in reading. It discusses the instrumentation currently being planned for the TMT to help explore exoplanets and look for signs of life. The Kecks on Mauna Kea will be used to test the instrumentation.
https://phys.org/news/2017-03-tools-life.html (*)
(*) There is an error in the article. It claims the TMT will be the largest optical telescope in the world. That's untrue. The E-ELT in Chile will be larger.

