planets
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Roman's Coronagraph Instrument is built to demonstrate some of the most advanced technology ever sent into space for directly imaging planets orbiting other stars.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Roman, which just launched Aug. 30, carries an even more advanced coronagraph designed to detect planets that are much harder to see with existing telescopes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
"That means we can see the entire process in theory, but there is a large gap in what most telescopes can detect. We are mostly blind to these baby planets right now."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Gaps and other structures in those disks can be signs that planets are forming.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Most astronomers use the moon or the major planets for their occultations: Worsley used tiny Mercury once, “just for swank,” to show he could do it.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
