NASA news: Space agency readies $7 BILLION HabEx telescope in search for 'second Earth'

NASA’s Habitable Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx) will use a telescope with a 13 feet wide (4m) mirror – nearly twice the size as the one aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. HabEx will embark on its journey with a starshade designed to deflect interfering glare from nearby stars. This protection will allow the telescope to search orbiting […]

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