A Fluidic Telescope is enabling the Next Generation of Large Space Observatories

A Fluidic Telescope is enabling the Next Generation of Large Space Observatories

Space Daily

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Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 02, 2024

The future of space-based UV/optical/IR astronomy requires ever larger telescopes. The highest priority astrophysics targets, including Earth-like exoplanets, first generation stars, and early galaxies, are all extremely faint, which presents an ongoing challenge for current missions and is the opportunity space for next generation telescopes: larger telescopes are the primary way to address thi

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