I always wonder. If we theoretically could know for each photon the direction vector and distance travelled, then could we make a collector that could image an exoplanet? Or is this simply impossible?
We actually already have multiple images of exoplanets. [1] and [2] were both taken with the Very Large Telescope in Chile. Granted, you can't see much beyond reddish blobs. But they are not that much worse than Hubble's images of Pluto [3].
We probably can't do much better with earth-based telescope arrays due to atmospheric distortions. But with satellite launch costs coming down we will see large telescope arrays in orbit in a couple decades, and those might do a lot better
