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A Tiny Optical Mask Could Help NASA See Other Earths
Key Takeaways
- NASA’s planned Habitable Worlds Observatory would need to suppress starlight by a factor of ten billion.
- An optical vortex phase mask can cancel centered starlight through destructive interference.
- The technology could be crucial for directly imaging Earth-like exoplanets.
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DT Editorial Team··via universetoday.com