However, Galileo's telescopes suffered from high chromatic aberration, which is what happens when a curved lens breaks up light like a prism. (Gamers may recognize RGB chromatic aberration from ...

The Kepler Space Telescope, named for astronomer Johannes Kepler, was NASA's first exoplanet hunting telescope. It launched on March 6, 2009, with the goal of observing more than 100,000 stars in ...

However, Galileo's telescopes suffered from high chromatic aberration, which is what happens when a curved lens breaks up light like a prism. (Gamers may recognize RGB chromatic aberration from ...

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