PEEPSS: Photonic-Enabled ExoPlanet Spectroscopic Sensor for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
The complete proposed wavefront sensing process. (Starting from the top left and going around clockwise) The full coronagraph…
Continuing To Advance European High Contrast Imaging Research And Development Towards HWO And LIFE
Artist’s impression of the LIFE nulling-interferometry mission, consisting of four collector spacecraft in a rectangular array configuration sending…
Bombshell NASA data identifies 45 ‘habitable’ rocky worlds | Science | News
A major new study has pinpointed 45 rocky planets beyond our solar system that could support life, in…
Proton Irradiation of Primitive Atmospheres of Young Exoplanets And Early Earth: N2O Greenhouse Warming And Prebiotic Synthesis
The figure shows the HPLC Chromatograms of Amino Acids produced in the Sample B5 irradiation run. — astro-ph.EP…
Astronomers Create Catalogue of Habitable-Zone Rocky Exoplanets
Using data from ESA’s Gaia mission and the NASA Exoplanet Archive, astronomers at Cornell University have identified 45…
Masses of Potentially Habitable Planets Characterized by the Habitable Worlds Observatory
The astrometric and RV signals of Earth analogs orbiting nearby stars are small and below the current state…
Searching For Life-As-We-Don’t-Know-It: Mission-relevant Application of Assembly Theory For Exoplanet Life Detection
Potentially habitable worlds – Grok via Astrobiology.com This white paper introduces a framework for applying Assembly Theory (AT)…
Short-term Survival Of Tardigrades In Martian Regolith Simulants
Images of tardigrades with mineral coatings. Each image is annotated with the sample, simulant and time of exposure…
Super Earths Could Protect Life With Massive Oceans of Metallic Magma
Artistic depiction of a super-earth. Image in public domain. Super-Earths are some of the most intriguing planets in…
NASA Telescope Discovers Nearby Planet With Deep Similarities to Earth
Astronomers have discovered what appears to be an exoplanet that could be a distant Earthly paradise. Or it…
Did NASA Just Find ET’s Home? Scientists Detect an Earth-like Planet Orbiting a Sun-like Star
NASA scientists have announced the detection of an Earth-like planet orbiting a Sun-like star with a size and…
Cool, Earth-Sized Exoplanet Found Orbiting Nearby Star
Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet orbiting the nearby K-dwarf star HD 137010 after detecting a single, shallow…