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Planning is underway for NASA's next big flagship space telescope. Enter the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) 👉

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Erika 2 years ago

This un-narrated version provides a quick explanation into the workings of the coronagraph and how it can help directly image exoplanets.

peter2 years ago

Whoa!! Dude, like it’s a sunflower, but in space!!😆

Sheri 🚀2 years ago

This is awesome, Erika! Thank you!

hyspeed2 years ago

This is so very cool.

E🅰️rendiL2 years ago

With SpaceX Straship we will be able to launch larger telescopes and more frequently. The 'size limits' we have right now they will no longer constitute a costraint in the future. PER ASPERA AD ASTRA

Resonant Theories2 years ago

Origami? What obsession that one... a rocket can fit something like that...

Patrick Read Johnson2 years ago

While studying at Wesleyan, my Astronomer son was helping research a version of this that would use our sun's gravity well as a kind of gigantic telephoto lens to image exoplanets-- theoretically being able to discern planetary features like continents... or even city lights!

Sagittarius A* (fallbrookastro)2 years ago

no way

Dr Shane Huntington OAM2 years ago

Am I going live long enough....:-)

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