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A solar gravitational lens will be humanity's most powerful telescope (2022)

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197 points amichail | 1 comments | 15 Oct 24 11:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.268s | source
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bloopernova ◴[16 Oct 24 23:16 UTC] No.41864865[source]▶
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Would space telescopes use interferometry to get a clearer picture?

If we had thousands of telescopes spread across the solar system, what sort of images of distant stars/planets/galaxies could we gather? Would such an array be scientifically worth making in our distant future, or does it suffer from diminishing returns?

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1. Cthulhu_ ◴[17 Oct 24 07:53 UTC] No.41867368[source]▶
For a comparable endeavour, they combined the data of telescopes across the world to create a planet-diameter-sized telescope and with that, the first image of a black hole; extending something like that solar-system-wide would make a solar-system-wide telescope. I'm no astronomer but I'd say it's worth it.