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Looking Directly at Extrasolar Planets

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the flushing-out-the-noise dept.

D2Deek writes "Science Daily is reporting on a new device called an Optical Vortex Coronagraph that's been invented to directly image planets orbiting other stars by using a special lens that "spins out" the light from the star leaving only the reflected light from the planet." I just can't imagine trying to clean a lens shaped like a giant corkscrew.

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  1. But... by jollyroger1210 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Can it detect the giant asteroid heading for Earth at this very moment?

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    Purple, because ice cream has no bones.
  2. Re:The light of a planet by mmkkbb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    pssst, if your full name has an apostrophe when registering for xmoo, the server errors out.

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    -mkb
  3. In Soviet Russia... by shrtcircuit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The light spins YOU!

  4. Newbie buts in by stewhawke · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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