MIT Technology Review·3 min read·medium

Shape-shifting mirrors on NASA’s new space telescope could unveil Jupiters like our own

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Eshan Raul
Shape-shifting mirrors on NASA’s new space telescope could unveil Jupiters like our own
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NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will feature an active coronagraph designed to block starlight, allowing for the direct imaging of exoplanets. This technology aims to help astronomers study dark matter and identify Earth-like planets in other solar systems.

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be the first space telescope to use an “active coronagraph” to block out unwanted starlight.

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