Classical space telescopes have their limit. You can't simply build bigger mirrors all the time. Instead, you can build more mirrors and combine them into a telescope array. That's the concept behind the Nautilus Array which we discuss with Prof. Daniel Apai from The University of Arizona.

The Nautilus Array
https://nautilusarray.space/

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00:00 Intro
01:45 Future Space Telescopes and their Limits
09:11 Nautilus Telescope approach
15:21 Flat Lenses
23:33 Quality VS Quantity
29:52 Capabilities of the Nautilus Telescope
37:00 Earthsize planets around Sunlike stars
39:41 Current state
48:32 When do we see one fly

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