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most citedHabitable Worlds Observatory's Concept and Technology Maturation: Initial Feasibility and Trade Space Exploration

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astro-ph.IM2026

A Proliferated Space Architecture for Time-Domain Astrophysics

Daniel Kocevski, Eric Burns, Thomas Barclay +58

Time-Domain and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (TDAMM) is entering a discovery-rich but follow-up-limited era, creating an urgent need for responsive, multiwavelength space-based cap…

astro-ph.IM2026

Early Exploration of the Scientific Discovery Space for the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Courtney D. Dressing, Danica Adams, Evelyne Alecian +324

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is a future NASA flagship mission concept identified by the Astro2020 Decadal Survey as the highest priority for large space missions. HWO sh…

astro-ph.IM2026

The Habitable Worlds Observatory Technology Development Plan

Matthew Bolcar, Feng Zhao, Paul Scowen +5

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is NASA's next large space telescope, selected by the 2020 Decadal Survey in Astronomy and Astrophysics to search for and characterize habita…

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Connecting Polarization to Exoplanet Yield Calculations for HWO

Jaren N. Ashcraft, Scott D. Will, Maxwell A. Millar-Blanchaer +6

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) aims to enable the detection and characterization of Earth-like planets around Sun-like stars to search for possible signs of life elsewhere…

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Masses of Potentially Habitable Planets Characterized by the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Kaz Gary, B. Scott Gaudi, Eduardo Bendek +5

Constraints on the masses of exoplanets directly imaged and characterized by the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) are crucial for categorizing these planets and interpreting thei…

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Early Architecture Concepts for the Habitable Worlds Observatory -- System Design, Modeling, and Analysis

Alice, Liu, Marie Levine +30

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), NASA's next flagship science mission, follows in the tradition of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and other preceding great observator…

astro-ph.IM2026★ 1 cited

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…

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PyISH: Python Integral Field Spectroscopy Simulation for HWO

Grace Sweetak, Breann Sitarski, Kevin France +2

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) will be a large ultraviolet/optical/near-infrared space telescope operating at the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2. HWO was highly recommended by…

astro-ph.IM2025

System Analysis for a high-precision high-accuracy Astrometric instrument for HWO

Jérôme Amiaux, Fabien Malbet, Florence Ardellier-Desages +20

This study presents a comprehensive system analysis for an instrument onboard the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), designed for high-precision, high-accuracy differential astrom…

astro-ph.IM2025

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Phase I Final Report -- A Lunar Long-Baseline UV/Optical Imaging Interferometer: Artemis-enabled Stellar Imager (AeSI)

Kenneth G. Carpenter, Tabetha Boyajian, Derek Buzasi +24

This report presents the findings of a NIAC Phase I feasibility study for the Artemis-enabled Stellar Imager (AeSI), a proposed high-resolution, UV/Optical interferometer designed…

astro-ph.IM2024

Artemis-enabled Stellar Imager (AeSI): A Lunar Long-Baseline UV/Optical Imaging Interferometer

Gioia Rau, Kenneth G. Carpenter, Tabetha Boyajian +12

NASA's return to the Moon presents unparalleled opportunities to advance high-impact scientific capabilities. At the cutting edge of these possibilities are extremely high-resoluti…