Finding Fireflies Next To A Lighthouse: New Optics Technology To Study Alien Worlds
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 09:14
in Astronomy & Space
Scientists are studying new optical methods for three possible new NASA missions to search for alien worlds. The experimental technologies promise to allow astronomers to directly detect exoplanets by suppressing the light from their parent stars.
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