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Could we turn the sun into a gigantic telescope?

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A solar lens would harness the gravitational warping of the sun's gravity to allow us to observe the distant universe with a jaw-dropping resolution of 10 ^-10 arcseconds.

A larger telescope would need either gigantic dishes or networks of antennae flying through the solar system.

Plans to take advantage of the solar lens go back to the 1970s, but the concept isn't too far from reality.

The telescope already exists — we just have to get a camera in the right position.

Paul M. Sutter is a research professor in astrophysics at SUNY Stony Brook University and the Flatiron Institute in New York City .

He is the author of two books, " Your Place in the Universe" and "How to Die in Space".

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