宇宙学的极限
The limits of cosmology
AI总结：
本文论证月球是建造大型望远镜的理想场所，这些望远镜能探索早期宇宙、系外行星等奥秘，并回答宇宙中是否孤独的终极问题。
摘要：
月球是我们的未来。它可能看起来像一个幻想，预计成本超过1000亿美元，而且还在增加，投入到ARTEMIS项目中，但迄今为止收效甚微。然而，它是我们梦寐以求的最大望远镜的理想场所，其波长范围从分米波射电到光学再到太赫兹远红外。正是这些未来的望远镜将穿透第一批氢云、第一批恒星、第一批星系、第一批超大质量黑洞以及最近的宜居系外行星的基本奥秘。这还不止于此。我们的月球望远镜将带我们回到宇宙的最初几个月，甚至回到大爆炸后的第一个10$^{-36}$秒，那时暴胀最有可能发生。我们的月球望远镜将提供邻近地球的类地‘孪生’系外行星的高分辨率图像，并为回答我们是否在宇宙中孤独这一终极宇宙问题提供无与伦比的尝试。在这里，我将阐述我对未来几十年月球天文学前景的愿景。
英文摘要：
The Moon is our future. It may seem like a chimera with a projected cost in excess of 100 billion\$, and counting, dispensed on ARTEMIS with little to show to date. However it is the ideal site for the largest telescopes that we can dream about, at wavelengths spanning decimetric radio through optical to terahertz FIR. And it is these future telescopes that will penetrate the fundamental mysteries of the first hydrogen clouds, the first stars, the first galaxies, the first supermassive black holes, and the nearest habitable exoplanets. Nor does it stop there. Our lunar telescopes will take us back to the first months of the Universe, and even back to the first 10$^{-36}$ second after the Big Bang when inflation most likely occurred. Our lunar telescopes will provide high resolution images of exoplanets that are nearby Earth-like 'twins' and provide an unrivalled attempt to answer the ultimate cosmic question of whether we are alone in the universe. Here I will set out my vision of the case for lunar astronomy over the next several decades.
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