Sun's gravitational lens could help find life on exoplanets

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Using the sun's gravitational field as a giant magnifying glass could enable astronomers to observe distant exoplanets in a much greater detail than is currently possible.

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"So far, however, the technique described in this study only works in theory. For a telescope to be able to use gravitational lensing with the sun, it would have to be placed 14 times farther away from the sun than the dwarf planet Pluto, the scientists said in the statement. No human-built spacecraft has ever ventured that far."

My observation. An ambitious telescope project, a telescope that I will not be able to use in my backyard