Space & PhysicsApril 17, 2019
To Find Earth-Threatening Comets and Asteroids, Think Small
A constellation of tiny satellites carrying detectors that use synthetic tracking could improve our searches
Stories by Michael Shao
Michael Shao is a physicist at JPL who has spent most of his career on long baseline optical Interferometry, but is now working on the detection of asteroids and other moving objects in Space using synthetic tracking, Imaging LADAR, and uas astrometry by precise subpixel calibration of focal planes.
Space & PhysicsMay 30, 2017
Using the Sun as a Cosmic Telescope
Astronomers want to harness its spacetime-warping gravity as a lens to image the surface of exoplanets in astonishing detail