{"id":1346,"date":"2024-01-11T15:55:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T15:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skymania.com\/search-for-alien-worlds-will-prepare-for-invasion-fleet\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T06:29:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T06:29:22","slug":"search-for-alien-worlds-will-prepare-for-invasion-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skymania.com\/search-for-alien-worlds-will-prepare-for-invasion-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"Search for alien worlds will prepare for invasion fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-area\" id=\"primary\">\n\t\t<main class=\"site-main\" id=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-11665\" class=\"post-11665 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news tag-alien tag-exoplanets tag-vlt\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" itemscope>\n<div class=\"inside-article\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\" aria-label=\"Content\">\n<div class=\"hide-on-mobile\">\n<p 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id=\"attachment_11666\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11666\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter amp-wp-5dc6cfe\" data-amp-original-style=\"width: 1014px\"><a href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skymania.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/eso-paranal-26-skymania.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"650\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11666 amp-wp-enforced-sizes i-amphtml-layout-intrinsic i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skymania.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/eso-paranal-26-skymania.jpg 1024w, [get_bloginfo]url[\/get_bloginfo]\/files\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/eso-paranal-26-skymania-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" layout=\"intrinsic\" disable-inline-width=\"\" i-amphtml-layout=\"intrinsic\"><i-amphtml-sizer slot=\"i-amphtml-svc\" class=\"i-amphtml-sizer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjY1MCIgd2lkdGg9IjEwMjQiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIi8+\"><\/i-amphtml-sizer><noscript><\/noscript><\/img><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three of the four main telescopes forming ESO\u2019s Very Large Telescope (VLT) are shown here getting ready for another exceptional night of observations on top of Cerro Paranal, in Chile. Image credit: ESO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2173d239fcd32a118d8697afffff4357 code-block-38\">\n<amp-ad width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2878343119381008\" data-ad-slot=\"7509533164\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"width:100vw;height:320px\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed\"><\/p>\n<div overflow=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><\/amp-ad>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"3fi5nfexsuefnmj6v\">The British-backed Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile will have its camera adapted to make it more sensitive to the faint light from distant alien worlds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"3fi5nfexsuefnmj6v\">Last year a rocky, potentially habitable planet was detected orbiting Proxima Centauri, the faintest star in a three-star system known as Alpha Centauri. <\/p>\n<p class=\"3fi5nfexsuefnmj6v\">Apart from our own Sun, Proxima Centauri is the closest star to us at a distance of just 4.2 light-years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"3fi5nfexsuefnmj6v\">The discovery of a planet was announced just four months after a consortium of scientists and millionaires announced their Breakthrough Starshot project to develop fleet of miniature spacecraft, dubbed nanocraft, that could reach the star system within 20 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"3fi5nfexsuefnmj6v\">Physicist Professor Stephen Hawking announced the $100 million project which is supported by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Internet investor and science philanthropist Yuri Milner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"3fi5nfexsuefnmj6v\">Current technology means a spacecraft would take about 30,000 years to get to the Alpha Centauri system. Breakthrough Starshot\u2019s nanocraft are intended to be propelled by a beam of light pushing on tiny sails, just as ocean-borne ships were once driven by the wind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"3fi5nfexsuefnmj6v\">While the Breakthrough Starshot team develops the space technology, astronomers will attempt to find out more about what planets exist in the Alpha Centauri system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"3fi5nfexsuefnmj6v\">The camera being adapted to search for them is known as the VISIR (VLT Imager and Spectrometer for mid-Infrared) instrument. The telescope\u2019s operators, the European Southern Observatory (ESO), have signed an agreement with Breakthrough Initiatives to carry out the modifications and provide telescope time away from conventional research to carry out a careful search programme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"3fi5nfexsuefnmj6v\"><amp-youtube layout=\"responsive\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" data-videoid=\"lysJduOqads\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-responsive i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" i-amphtml-layout=\"responsive\"><i-amphtml-sizer slot=\"i-amphtml-svc\" style=\"display:block;padding-top:56.2338%\"><\/i-amphtml-sizer><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lysJduOqads\" placeholder target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"[get_bloginfo]url[\/get_bloginfo]\/files\/vi\/lysjduoqads\/hqdefault.jpg\" layout=\"fill\" object-fit=\"cover\" class=\"amp-wp-enforced-sizes i-amphtml-layout-fill i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fill\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"[get_bloginfo]url[\/get_bloginfo]\/files\/vi\/lysjduoqads\/hqdefault.jpg\"><\/noscript><\/img><\/a><\/amp-youtube><\/p>\n<p class=\"3fi5nfexsuefnmj6v\"><em>ESO\u2019s video about the discovery of a potentially habitable planet orbiting Proxima Centauri<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"3fi5nfexsuefnmj6v\">Spotting an Earth-sized habitable planet around even the nearest stars is a huge challenge due to the overwhelming brightness of the star compared to the relatively dim planet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"3fi5nfexsuefnmj6v\">The planets become \u201cbrighter\u201d when viewed in mid-infrared light which detects the heat from their surface. But even then, the star is still millions of times brighter than the planets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"3fi5nfexsuefnmj6v\">The VLT\u2019s existing mid-infrared instrument VISIR will be able to cope with the blinding light from the home star if it is adapted. Technicians will enhance it to improve the image quality significantly using adaptive optics. They will also employ a technique called coronagraphy to reduce the star\u2019s light allowing signals from potential rocky planets to be detected. <\/p>\n<p class=\"3fi5nfexsuefnmj6v\">The VLT is actually an array of four giant optical telescopes, each with a main mirror 8.2 meters across, that can work independently or together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"3fi5nfexsuefnmj6v\">Another awesome bit of kit attached to the VLT, and <a href=\"[get_bloginfo]url[\/get_bloginfo]\/wp\/2012\/06\/time-machine-will-study-the-earliest-galaxies_html\/6366\/\">called KMOS, can study 24 distant galaxies at a time<\/a> to learn more about the early Universe. <\/p>\n<p class=\"3fi5nfexsuefnmj6v\">ESO is beginning construction of a much bigger telescope than the VLT with the equally unimaginative name of the <a href=\"[get_bloginfo]url[\/get_bloginfo]\/wp\/2012\/06\/monster-telescope-gets-the-go-ahead_html\/6128\/\">European Extremely Large Telescope<\/a> (E-ELT). 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