You can’t put a square peg in a round hole. But putting a square aperture on a round telescope might be the best way to see the light of distant, Earth-like planets. At least, that’s what computer ...
Fig. 1 | (a) The sketch of the PDSM-241. (b) Actuator layout (clear aperture: 270mm). (c) The self-corrected aberration of PDSM-241. A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, ...
Changing the shape of a telescope's aperture can "filter out" diffracted starlight that obscures the view of Earth-like planets Round telescopes could be a thing of the past, at least as far as ...