{"id":94562,"date":"2020-10-21T20:32:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T17:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ai-powered-sensor-measures-starlight-distortion-to-help-detect-new-planets\/"},"modified":"2020-10-21T20:32:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T17:32:51","slug":"ai-powered-sensor-measures-starlight-distortion-to-help-detect-new-planets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-powered-sensor-measures-starlight-distortion-to-help-detect-new-planets\/","title":{"rendered":"#AI-powered sensor measures starlight distortion to help detect new planets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#AI-powered sensor measures starlight distortion to help detect new planets<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/10\/Untitled-design-2020-10-21T181131.696-796x417.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                                Sydney University scientists have invented a sensor that\u00a0neutralizes a star\u2019s twinkle, which could help astronomers find new\u00a0planets in distant solar systems.<\/p>\n<p>The sensor uses an advanced light convertor and AI to measure and correct the distortion of starlight caused by the Earth\u2019s atmosphere.\u00a0It will now be installed on the 8.2m Subaru telescope on the summit of Maunakea, Hawaii,\u00a0one of the largest optical-infrared telescopes in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main way we identify planets orbiting distant stars is by measuring regular dips in starlight caused by planets blocking out bits of their sun,\u201d said study lead author Dr Barnaby Norris in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is really difficult from the ground, so we needed to develop a new way of looking up at the stars. We also wanted to find a way to directly observe these planets from Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>[Read:\u00a0<span dir=\"auto\">What audience intelligence data tells us about the 2020 US presidential election]<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cphotonic wavefront sensor\u201d\u00a0<span>will help astronomers directly image exoplanets around distant stars from Earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnlike conventional wavefront sensors, it can be placed at the same location in the optical instrument where the image is formed,\u201d explained Dr Norris. \u201cThis means it is sensitive to types of distortions invisible to other wavefront sensors currently used today in large observatories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can read <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-020-19117-w\">the full research study<\/a> in Nature Communications.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-post-pubDate\">\n                                    Published October 21, 2020 \u2014 17:32 UTC\n                                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;appId=378011798897423&amp;version=v2.6\" id=\"socialSrcFacebook\" type=\"text\/template\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Technology category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/neural\/2020\/10\/21\/new-ai-powered-sensor-measures-starlight-distortion-to-help-discover-new-planets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#AI-powered sensor measures starlight distortion to help detect new planets&#8221; Sydney University scientists have invented a sensor that\u00a0neutralizes a star\u2019s twinkle, which could help astronomers find new\u00a0planets in distant solar systems. The sensor uses an advanced light convertor and AI to measure and correct the distortion of starlight caused by the Earth\u2019s atmosphere.\u00a0It will now&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/neural?filter_last=1&fit=1280,640&url=https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/10\/Untitled-design-2020-10-21T181131.696.png&signature=8c8806b98a6d6d2c382275f000dbccbf","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}