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lasc4r
on Nov 24, 2022
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First active chemistry on an exoplanet revealed by...
It uses the sun's gravity as a gravitational lens. You fly a normal sized telescope to the focal point. The theoretical resolution is pretty mindblowing, we'd be able to make out oceans and continents on exoplanets.
andyjohnson0
on Nov 24, 2022
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The main problem seems to be getting to the focal point, which is 500+ AUs from the Earth.
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