Universe Today August 24, 2026 • 07:16

NASA Starshade Would Enable Astronomers To Directly Image Rocky Exoworlds - Universe Today

By Bruce Dorminey

Innovative NASA-funded orbital starshade could help capture first direct images from extrasolar earths.

A NASA-led team is hoping to take a short cut in directly imaging extrasolar earthlike planets. The idea is to use what they term a hybrid telescope composed of an orbital starshade coupled with the … [+4304 chars]

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NASA Starshade Would Enable Astronomers To Directly Image Rocky Exoworlds - Universe Today

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