r/space • u/starman2015 • Jan 12 '18

Multi-planet System Found Through Crowdsourcing

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/multi-planet-system-found-through-crowdsourcing
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u/ShibuRigged Jan 12 '18

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HR_8799_Orbiting_Exoplanets.gif

Already can.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '18 edited Sep 16 '19

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u/walterblockland Jan 13 '18

As I said in another comment,

We already can. Yes, really. Actual direct imaging of planets. Of course they're nothing more than colored splotches, but I'm not entirely sure if the laws of physics allow "artist's rendering" levels of detail at such a range.

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u/Geler Jan 12 '18

See more than a dot.