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NASA’s Roman Telescope to Debut Shape-Shifting Mirrors for Exoplanet Imaging
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launching as early as next month, will carry the first space-based active coronagraph. The instrument uses deformable mirrors to block starlight, enabling direct imaging of exoplanets like Jupiter. This technology could reveal planets in habitable zones around nearby stars.
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The active coronagraph is a major step for exoplanet imaging, but its real test will be whether it can consistently deliver sharp images despite the harsh space environment.
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Shape-shifting mirrors on NASA’s new space telescope could unveil Jupiters like our own →
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