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Exoplanets planets beyond our solar system are so distant and dim relative to their host stars that they're practically invisible, even to powerful telescopes
According to NASA, the space-based observatory will use its Coronagraph Instrument, an advanced coronagraph designed to directly image planets in orbit around other stars by greatly reducing the glare from the host star. It consists of a system of masks, prisms, detectors, and even self-flexing mirrors built to block out the glare from distant stars and reveal the planets in orbit around them.
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