Acceptable-Ticket242 t1_ixf9cpg wrote on November 23, 2022 at 12:13 AM

Reply to comment by WhatAGoodDoggy in NASA’s Webb Reveals an Exoplanet Atmosphere as Never Seen Before by madneon_

Lets be real, probably never. Theres only so much advancement that can be made with even the most advanced telescopes we have, its physical limitations, not computing power or digital. Most likely we will always be left to illustrations.

barath_s t1_ixg079c wrote on November 23, 2022 at 3:53 AM

Here's a treat for you.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/webb-space-telescope-snaps-its-first-photo-of-an-exoplanet-20220901/

But you might not be able to image wasp39b even with JWSTC hits its full stride

e: The first exoplanet ever directly imaged

onFilm t1_ixg8v44 wrote on November 23, 2022 at 5:16 AM

You're severely understimating our capabilities. Making an array of telescopes in a large enough area would allow us to resolve far away objects pretty easily. We already do this here on earth, and even as we circle the sun, now imagine if we managed to get telescopes in an array much larger than our straight path around the sun.