Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Spectrometry will be cheaper

One constraint on finding stuff like Barnard b out there is spectral noise. This affects radial-velocity shifting and planets themselves.

Smaller spectrometers can be put on space-telescopes like Webb, lowering the mass/science ratio (if that's a term). They're also pondering fluorescence detection on account, hey, small, doesn't have to take up a hospital's entire basement.

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