Planet Imager will enable telescopes to image extrasolar planets directly
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 06:28
in Astronomy & Space
The best way to observe objects in solar systems is simply to look -- but distortions caused by Earth's atmosphere drown out much of the spectacle of space. To address this problem, Berkeley astronomer James Graham and colleagues are designing an adaptive optics system that can spot new planets.
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