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How astronomers can find extra-terrestrial life with Cesare Barbieri
Check out the book here https://amzn.to/3egUuVV
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Cesare Barbieri is Emeritus Professor of Astronomy at the University of Padova, Italy. He and his teams have been involved in the construction of various astronomical instruments. He recently wrote a book on the methods to discover extra-terrestrial life. We spoke about the book and his work. A Brief Introduction to the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Life (CRC Press, 2021)
0:44 – Cesare talks about being an astronomer and why he wrote about extra-terrestrial life.
2:49 – Cesare talks about how to use telescopes to find extra terrestrial life.
4:54 – Cesare talks about the detection of planets.
6:59 – Cesare talks about other options for detecting life in space.
12:27 – Cesare talks about the strange object that came into the system.
15:54 – Cesare talks about the ideal systems in which to find life.
21:51 – Cesare talks about gravitational waves.
23:05 – Cesare talks about cosmic rays.
23:57 – Cesare talks about the contribution of computing power to this search.
27:34 – Cesare talks about advancements in telescopes.
32:34 – Cesare talks about the maintenance of telescopes.
37:08 – Cesare talks about micro-impacts on space telescopes.
38:05 – Cesare talks about problems space telescopes might encounter. He also touches on putting telescopes on the Moon and Mars.
40:03 – Cesare talks about life on Mars might affect the search for additional life.
44:37 – Cesare talks about ways to exchange information with alien intelligences.
45:00 – Cesare talks about [the] Freeman Dyson’s ideas and pulsars.
47:45 – Cesare talks about dark matter and dark energy.
51:41 – Cesare explains the differences between dark energy and dark matter.
52:22 – Cesare talks about radial velocity.
54:35 – Cesare talks about how to coat telescopes.
56:11 – Cesare talks about the research he did for this book.
56:56 – Cesare talks about being surprised by how quickly we discovered new planets. He also talks about how important the Moon was for life.
1:00:39 – Cesare talks about how other moons can be discovered.
1:01:14 – Cesare talks about the planets we’ve discovered.
1:02:36 – Cesare talks about combining radio and optical telescopes data.
1:04:40 – Cesare talks about the various data available to astronomers and current advances.
1:05:33 – Cesare talks about the difficulty of overcoming research problems.
1:09:35 – Cesare talks about his textbooks.
1:11:17 – Cesare talks about his current work.
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Guests: Dr. Cesare Barbieri
Host: Cris Alvarez
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