re: #51 Sharmuta

Whenever I see news about a new planet having been detected I read the story. It’s always a little disappointing to see “artist rendition” instead of a real picture. I want real pictures, damnit!

I think it’s possible, but would require vast telescopes, or maybe a huge network of them. Maybe an astonomer here can give us the skinny on exactly what it would take to get a decent photo of a planet that was say 20 light years away?