Tag: Bijan Nemati

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Bijan Nemati

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January 4, 2023

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Astrophysicist Bijan Nemati on Why Intelligent Design Matters

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January 4, 2023

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On today’s ID the Future, astrophysicist and intelligent design proponent Bijan Nemati shares the first part of his story of science and faith. Those who follow Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture may know Nemati from his appearance in the popular ID documentary The Privileged Planet. Born and raised in Iran, he moved to the United States shortly before the Iranian revolution, became an atheist in college, but eventually found his way to a strong religious faith, in part through his exposure to the scientific evidence for intelligent design, first in biology and then in cosmology. Along the way he landed a high-level job with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and became a leading expert in space interferometer telescopes and the science and technology of detecting earth-like planets. Tune in as he shares with host Eric Anderson his journey of discovery.

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Bijan Nemati

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February 28, 2022

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astronomy, Big Bang, Bijan Nemati, coronagraph, cosmology, diffraction effect, early galaxies, early universe, earth-like planets, exoplanets, expansion of universe, extra solar planet atmospheres, extrasolar planets, fine tuning, habitability, habitable planets, Immanuel Kant, infrared astronomy, intelligent, Isaac Newton, James Webb space telescope, James Webb telescope, Jay Richards, NASA, near infrared, perfect eclipses, photon noise, planet formation, planet formation theory, protoplanetary discs, protoplanets, red shift, solar system formation theory, star formation, The Privileged Planet, transit spectroscopy, transit technique}

Bijan Nemati on What the James Webb Telescope May Discover

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February 28, 2022

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Today’s ID the Future explores with physicist and space telescope expert Bijan Nemati the amazing discoveries that may await us when the singularly powerful James Webb space telescope goes on line in summer 2022. Nemati and host Jay Richards, co-author of The Privileged Planet, discuss the telescope’s ability to see far deeper into space than any previous telescope, and further into the past. If all goes well it will be able to see so far into the past, Nemati says, that we will get glimpses of the universe close to when galaxies were first forming, not long after the Big Bang. These glimpses may confirm our most current ideas of early cosmic history and galaxy formation, or turn them on their head. Nemati also explains how the new space telescope, already launched and arrived at its orbital point in space, will provide us potentially exciting new information about extrasolar planets. What are the telescope’s strengths and weaknesses, and are there any other telescopes in the works to complement the Webb telescope? As a matter of fact, Nemati himself is working on one of those future telescopes, and he gives Richards and podcast listeners a sneak peek at the project.