Apparently NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, thinks that what space exploration in the 21st century needs is spacecraft that are a bit more botanical. The center has released a video showing off its starshade spacecraft that opens up like a blossom. Bearing a resemblance to a cosmic sunflower, it’s designed to help astronomers to directly study exoplanets, including taking the first actual pictures of planets beyond our Solar System... Continue Reading JPL develops space flowers to help find Earth-like planets
Section: Space
Tags: Exoplanet, JPL, Light, Space telescope, Spacecraft, Starshade
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