Ben McCarthy Retweeted Corey S. Powell
With tech like this, we may be able to see exoplanets with such resolution that we can see their continents. Then we can measure expected vs actual light reflected. This may tell us that the continent is covered with light absorbing 'plants'. This is one method of finding life.https://twitter.com/coreyspowell/status/993492829832966144 …
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Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell
Fascinating new NASA-funded study: Build a 1000-spacecraft swarm that will self-assemble into a low-cost telescope 20x the size of the James Webb Space Telescope. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbxwaa/the-telescopes-of-the-future-might-assemble-themselves-in-space … pic.twitter.com/15jbJ2QRNI
4:09 PM - 7 May 2018
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