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Space Sunflower May Help Snap Pictures of Planets


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Starshade

Prototype starshade, a giant structure designed to block the glare of stars so future space telescopes can take pictures of planets.

Credit: Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA

A spacecraft that looks like a giant sunflower might one day be used to acquire images of Earth-like rocky planets around nearby stars.

From Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
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