NASA's Starshade Is Like a Giant Visor for the Stars | WIRED

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has come up with an ingenious solution to take better photographs of ultra-bright stars; a baseball diamond-sized folding shade that blocks out a star's powerful rays.

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NASA's Starshade Is Like a Giant Visor for the Stars | WIRED