Starshade animation
This animation shows the prototype starshade, a giant structure designed to block the glare of stars so that future space telescopes can take pictures of planets. By imaging Earth-like planets, researchers can learn about their potential habitability. The starshade could launch together with a telescope. Once in space, it would split off and move into position to block the starlight.
NASA/JPL-Caltech
September 22, 2020
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An animation of the starshade unfurling in space, and footage of a prototype at Northrop Grumman's Astro Aerospace in Carpinteria, California.
