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Idea would turn the Earth into a giant space telescope
- somedude89897 3mo agoA recent HN thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48947560 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48947560) has mentioned using gravitational lensing by the sun to image exoplanets. This is an alternative, using refraction by Earth's atmosphere for imaging, which might be more feasible.