12 papers
Early Exploration of the Scientific Discovery Space for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Courtney D. Dressing, Danica Adams, Evelyne Alecian +324
The paper summarizes 70 science cases for the proposed NASA Habitable Worlds Observatory, outlining the observational needs across four scientific pillars and detailing required ca…
The climates and thermal emission spectra of prime nearby temperate rocky exoplanet targets
Tobi Hammond, Thaddeus D. Komacek, Ravi K. Kopparapu +9
The paper uses climate simulations and spectral modeling to assess how future infrared observations, especially with the proposed MIRECLE mission, could detect atmospheric CO₂ and…
Habitable Worlds Observatory's Concept and Technology Maturation: Initial Feasibility and Trade Space Exploration
Lee D. Feinberg, Breann N. Sitarski, Michael W. McElwain +10
The Habitable Worlds Observatory is the first telescope ever designed to search for life and will be a powerhouse of discovery across topics in astrophysics. The observatory was th…
Life, Machine Learning, and the Search for Habitability: Predicting Biosignature Fluxes for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Mark Moussa, Amber V. Young, Brianna Isola +4
Future direct-imaging flagship missions, such as NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), face critical decisions in prioritizing observations due to extremely stringent time and…
Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO): Living Worlds Community Working Group: The Search for Life on Potentially Habitable Exoplanets
Giada Arney, Niki Parenteau, Natalie Hinkel +25
The discovery of a biosphere on another planet would transform how we view ourselves, and our planet Earth, in relation to the rest of the cosmos. We now know Earth is one planet a…
Habitable Worlds Observatory Living Worlds Working Group: Surface Biosignatures on Potentially Habitable Exoplanets
Niki Parenteau, Anna Grace Ulses, Connor Metz +16
The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is the first NASA Astrophysics flagship mission with a key science goal of searching for signs of life on rocky habitable exoplanets beyond o…