We haven't built a telescope capable of directly imaging surface features on planets outside our solar system.
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Right now we can only detect exoplanets indirectly, through shadows and wobbles in starlight. Direct imaging would let us actually study alien landscapes and atmospheres instead of just inferring their existence.
Citation ID: WS00153
Title: We haven't built a telescope capable of directly imaging surface features on planets outside our solar system.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=153