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Next-Generation Coronagraphs
Blocking out starlight, for a direct view of distant, faint extrasolar planets.
[Enlarge image] Source: V. Bailey; WFIRST team / Art by Phil Saunders
Light from the parent star can drown out the signal from orbiting exoplanets.
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