At 10 microns, the wavelength at which water vapor in a planet’s atmosphere shines brightest, a sun-like star remains a million times brighter than an Earth-sized companion. That difference has long ...

A simple change in telescope shape could bring the search for alien life closer to home. Instead of the traditional round mirror, a new concept argues for a long, thin rectangular mirror that can more ...

Concept design for a rectangular space telescope, modeled after the Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver (DICER), a notional infrared space observatory, and the James Webb Space ...