jethroguardian

jethroguardian t1_j43cg1m wrote

The next generation of telescopes on the drawing board is to be able to detect them via direct imaging. Think 2030's.

For actually seeing details like continents and clouds in a picture, you'd need a probe (20 years minimum) or a telescope at 100 times the Earth-Sun distance that uses the Sun's gravitational lensing to turn it into a massive telescope.

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