The Milky Way is believed to contain billions of planets beyond our solar system. These distant worlds, known as exoplanets, offer astronomers an opportunity to explore other planetary systems, identify potentially habitable environments, and perhaps eventually discover evidence of life elsewhere in the universe. Finding these planets is one challenge. Actually seeing them is another. Most exoplanets orbit stars that shine so brightly that the planets become nearly impossible to distinguish from the surrounding glare. Even the most advanced space telescopes struggle to separate the faint light of a distant…
