After Hubble and Webb, what’s the future of space telescopes? Two ideas in planning stages right now involve the space-age versions of umbrellas and glitter.
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http://hubblesite.org/hubble_discoveries/breakthroughs/planetary
http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a12980/cosmic-concept-seeing-stellar-weather-in-other-galaxies-16971989/
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/hubble_essentials/
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http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=51127
http://www.npr.org/2014/12/23/372468028/could-glitter-help-solve-nasas-giant-telescope-problem
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