Unorthodox Telescope for Alien Planet Hunt?

Unorthodox Telescope for Alien Planet Hunt? : Discovery News: "For years, astronomers figured they'd need the combined light-gathering power of an array of telescopes in orbit to find Earth-like worlds, a daunting prospect since the armada would have to synchronize their flying to within a few nanometers.



But a team in Toulouse, France, believes there's another way."