Let's turn the sun into a telescope. In fact, we don't have to do any work—we just have to be in the right spot. But how can the sun be a telescope? The sun is not a mirror, but it is a lens. And we ...

Current technology has given us breathtaking imagery, but to detect what’s hiding in deep space, telescopes are very limited. Although manned space exploration to distant worlds is figuratively ...

The sun's gravity could act like a giant magnifying glass to help view distant exoplanets in amazing detail. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Astronomy is undoubtedly one of the most exciting subjects in physics. Especially the search for exoplanets has been a thriving field in the last decades. While the first exoplanet was only discovered ...

A gravitational lens telescope, as envisioned by Claudio Maccone in his 2009 book Deep Space Flight and Communications. Astronomers use several techniques to find exoplanets, including the so-called ...