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Space Lasers on the Toliman Mission with Prof. Peter Tuthill and Prof. Boris Kuhlmey (426)

Space Lasers on the Toliman Mission with Prof. Peter Tuthill and Prof. Boris Kuhlmey (426)

Update: 2025-05-03
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In this episode, Prof. Boris Kuhlmey and Prof. Peter Tuthill join me to discuss the Toliman Mission, a space telescope project focused on detecting Earth-like exoplanets around Alpha Centauri, our nearest star system, using precise astrometric measurements. We discuss logistics, the costs involved and the success rate of such an astronomical project.

Developed by a collaboration including the University of Sydney, NASA’s JPL, and Breakthrough Initiatives, it aims to launch by 2026.

University of Sydney, Faculty of Science

Toliman: https://toliman.space/

Boris Kuhlmey
www.sydney.edu.au/science/about/our-people/academic-staff/boris-kuhlmey.html
linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/boris-kuhlmey-48b45615

Peter Tuthill
www.sydney.edu.au/science/about/our-people/academic-staff/peter-tuthill.html
Bluesky: https://blueskydirectory.com/profiles/spiralstar.bsky

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Space Lasers on the Toliman Mission with Prof. Peter Tuthill and Prof. Boris Kuhlmey (426)

Space Lasers on the Toliman Mission with Prof. Peter Tuthill and Prof. Boris Kuhlmey (426)