Abstract: Environmental Testing of MEMS Deformable Mirrors for Exoplanet Detection
Michael Helmbrecht/Iris AO, Inc. Many of the coronagraphs being studied and developed for space-based exoplanet detection rely on…
Abstract: Starshade Stray Light Mitigation through Edge Scatter Modeling and Sharp-Edge Materials Development
Suzanne Casement/Northrop Grumman Identification and characterization of nearby habitable exoplanets has been identified by the Astro2010 Decadal survey…
NASA Scientist Finds Predicted Companion Star to Betelgeuse
A century-old hypothesis that Betelgeuse, the 10th brightest star in our night sky, is orbited by a very…