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dr. joe hanson #Space and Time

What Could We See with a Planet-Sized Telescope?

The James Webb Telescope just took a photo of a newly discovered exoplanet.

Exciting stuff but the raw image just looks like a small, faint dot, not a fully detailed world.


The question is, just how big would a telescope need to be to actually see an alien world in detail?


Let’s explore diffraction, resolution, wild telescope tech, and one mind-blowing idea that could change everything.

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