A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb – goodbye mirrors, hello diffractive lenses
- Written by Daniel Apai, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona
A light, cheap space telescope design would make it possible to put many individual units in space at once.Katie Yung, Daniel Apai /University of Arizona and AllThingsSpace /SketchFab, CC BY-NDAstronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets outside of the solar system to date. The grand question is whether any of these planets are home to life....