For hundreds of years, the principle behind the telescope has been as simple as it gets: build a lens or mirror to collect a large amount of light, focus that light onto a detector (like an eye, a ...
Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook It was a bold idea – a telescope in space. TOP: Illustration showing the outside view of the yet ...
A gravitational lens telescope, as envisioned by Claudio Maccone in his 2009 book Deep Space Flight and Communications. Astronomers use several techniques to find exoplanets, including the so-called ...