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English: An annotated illustration of the interstellar medium on a logarithmic scale. The solar gravity lens marks the point where a conceptual spacecraft in interstellar space could use our sun as a gigantic lens, allowing zoomed-in close-ups of planets orbiting other stars.
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Source https://web.archive.org/web/20190617075031/https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/interstellar-crossing-the-cosmic-void/. (See also https://kiss.caltech.edu/final_reports/ISM_final_report.pdf)
Author Charles Carter/Keck Institute for Space Studies

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An annotated illustration of the interstellar medium. The solar gravity lens marks the point where a conceptual spacecraft in interstellar space could use our sun as a gigantic lens, allowing zoomed-in close-ups of planets orbiting other stars.

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