# Could the Sun Become Our Most Powerful Telescope? 🌞

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/could-the-sun-become-our-most-powerful-telescope/291948>\
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**Created:** [September 23, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/could-the-sun-become-our-most-powerful-telescope/291948 "2024-09-23T13:15:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheJoker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/thejoker/32/22660_2.png) [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/could-the-sun-become-our-most-powerful-telescope/291948/1 "2024-09-23T13:15:51Z")

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**Summary:**

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1. **Hypothetical Telescope**  
The concept of using the sun as a gravitational lens could allow us to observe exoplanets within 100 light-years at an unprecedented resolution.

2. **Resolution Potential**  
Utilizing the solar gravitational lens could produce images with a resolution 1 million times more powerful than current telescopes like the Event Horizon Telescope.

3. **Mission Challenges**  
To leverage this natural telescope, a spacecraft would need to travel 542 astronomical units from the sun, facing significant technical and logistical hurdles.

**Read more at:** [Space.com](https://space.com)