Shape-shifting mirrors on NASA’s new space telescope could unveil Jupiters like our own

Shape-shifting mirrors on NASA’s new space telescope could unveil Jupiters like our own
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Scientific discoveries like this expand human knowledge and open new possibilities for addressing global challenges.
When NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches, as early as the end of next month, it will attempt one of astronomy’s most precise disappearing acts to date. The telescope will carry the first space-bound “active” coronagraph, an instrument that effectively erases most of the light from a star during photography. It will allow astronomers…
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