Adam Frank - How We Will Use The Sun As A Telescope To Image Alien Cities?

16/06/2023 5 min
Adam Frank - How We Will Use The Sun As A Telescope To Image Alien Cities?

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Key TakeawaysExoplanets are the hottest topic in astronomy right now. But if we really want to know what is happening on planets many light-years away, we need to image them.According to Einstein’s general theory of relativity, massive objects bend spacetime in such a way that they can act like giant lenses.By the 2060s, we might begin to record images of alien planets, revealing alien river systems, alien mountain ranges, strings of alien islands, alien deserts, alien peninsulas — and perhaps alien cities.

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