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The Starshade Space Probe is part of the New Worlds mission in which NASA is going to launch a huge shade to block out the light from stars so that we could possibly see Earth-like rocky planets.

In order to get the star shade into space, they're employing the ancient art of origami to incredible effect.

Check out Robert Salazar's blog detailing the process of designing the shade:
http://www.salazarigami.com/starshade/

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TED talk on the Star Shade:
https://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_kasdin_the_flower_shaped_starshade_that_might_help_us_detect_earth_like_planets#t-382153

Wired video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koUAvH9wkXA

PBS Spacetime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIASPc89Sgk

Planetary Society video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFIWgyRfbas

Crazy Engineering - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALGI0ex0-ac

https://science.nasa.gov/technology/technology-stories/starshade-enable-first-images-earth-sized-exoplanets

https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/1015/flower-power-nasa-reveals-spring-starshade-animation/

https://wfirst.ipac.caltech.edu/mtgs/AAS231/SeagerWFIRSTStarshadeAAS.pdf