SXSW 2019
NASA’s Search for Water in the Universe
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Water fills our universe, transparent to visible light. The true signature of water is infrared - the kind of light seen by NASA's upcoming James Webb Space Telescope. Water can be found in moons in our own Solar System, in the atmospheres of exoplanets, in the disks coalescing into baby planets, and in the interstellar medium that threads our galaxy and all others, both as ice, and as vapor. What can water tell us about our universe? Join our panel of astrophysicists to find out.
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Takeaways
- Water absorbs light and radiates in the infrared.
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will study water in multiple forms (vapor and ice).
- Water is one of the most common molecules in the Universe, found not just on Earth, and not just on planets, but in between the stars.
Speakers
- Joel Green, Project Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute
- Alexandra Lockwood, Education and Outreach Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute
- Alberto Conti, Innovation Manager, Northrop-Grumman Aerospace Systems
- Stefanie Milam, JWST Deputy Project Scientist for Planetary Science, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Organizer
Joel Green, Project Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute
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