Astronomers Just Directly Imaged a Massive Exoplanet. Here's Why More Images Could Be Coming Soon

Finding life on other planets might well be the holy grail of astronomy, but the hunt for suitable host planets that can sustain life is a resource-intensive task. The search for exoplanets (planets outside our solar system) involves competing for time on Earth's biggest telescopes--yet the hit rate of this search can be disappointingly low. […]