Beyond the Visible: Infrared Astronomy & The Mysteries Of The Universe With Dr. Gary Melnick

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

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🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this discussion, we explore the vast world of astrophysics and astronomy with Dr. Gary Melnick, a Principal Investigator at the Center for Astrophysics and a SPHEREx science team member. Founded in 1973, the Center for Astrophysics is an ongoing collaboration between Harvard University and the Smithsonian designed to ask some of humanity’s most unresolved questions about the nature of the universe.

How have Dr. Melnick’s infrared observations contributed to the innovation and discoveries in the fields of fundamental physics and geophysics? What happens when we look beyond the capabilities of the human eye? Join in to learn more…

This episode covers:

The ways in which Earth’s atmosphere filters out infrared lights, and what happens when we are able to observe past this barrier.
What far infrared astronomy is, how Dr. Melnick has helped develop this technology.
Where telescopes must be positioned above the Earth in order to view far away objects.
The three main themes of the SPHEREx mission.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Good Question podcast with Richard Jacobs.
0:05.3	Our goal was to make each of our guests exclaim,
0:09.0	Hmm, that's a good question.
0:11.2	I don't know the answer.
0:12.8	Because when that happens, it means you, the listener,
0:16.6	may be inspired to learn more beyond the interview
0:19.7	and to ask great questions yourself that lead
0:22.7	to new insights. In this podcast, we cover historical and current anthropology, Comfortive
0:28.8	religion, and history. Welcome, and let's get started. Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with
0:36.8	the Finding Genius podcast.
0:38.3	My guest today is Gary Milnick.
0:39.7	He works at the Center for Astrophysics, which is in partnership with Harvard University and the Smithsonian.
0:44.8	He's what's called the principal investigator.
0:46.7	He does a submillimeter wave astronomy.
0:49.1	So we're going to talk about some of the various projects that he's working on.
0:52.1	So welcome, Gary.
0:53.0	Good afternoon.
0:53.9	Yeah.
0:57.2	Well, if you would, just tell me a little bit about your background, what were your interests until you got into this position, and then we'll talk about your current work.
1:00.3	Okay.
1:00.8	Well, it goes back away.
1:02.7	I'm in my early 70, so I was a child of the space program in the 60s, which focused my interest on space in general and astronomy
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