Using the sun as a gravitational lens, a near-future telescope could get a 1300-pixel image of an Earth-sized planet 100 light-years away...and a 1-pixel image of an Earth-sized planet *100,000* light-years away.

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https://www.adamasnemesis.com/2020/02/15/the-sun-as-gravitational-lens-a-breakthrough-technology/