Detection of Earth-like planets around nearby stars using a petal-shaped occulter
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A petal-shaped occulter design of a shield outside a telescope is proposed for direct observation of Earth-like planets that would achieve the required suppression of starlight scatter and diffraction and can be built with existing technology. Terrestrial planets could be seen and studied around stars to a distance of ten parsecs, when such an occulter modified with a simple deployable sheet is flown in formation with a telescope of at least one meter aperture.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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Laboratory detection of X-ray fringes with a grazing-incidence interferometer
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Research is presented concerning the development of an X-ray interferometer which can be adapted for use in astronomical observation. The use of the interferometer to study blast waves, pulsars and astrophysical jets is discussed.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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A twisted look at the X-ray sky
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A team of scientists has adopted existing technology for particle-physics experiments to create a new X-ray polarimetry tool that makes it possible to see black holes.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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