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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.IM2021

Mars Astrobiological Cave and Internal habitability Explorer (MACIE): A New Frontiers Mission Concept

Charity M. Phillips-Lander, Ali Agha-Mohammadi, J. J. Wynne +20

Martian subsurface habitability and astrobiology can be evaluated via a lava tube cave, without drilling. MACIE addresses two key goals of the Decadal Survey (2013-2022) and three…

astro-ph.IM2020

Ice Giant Atmospheric Science

Emma K. Dahl, Shawn Brueshaber, Richard Cosentino +24

This white paper, written in support of NASA's 2023-2032 Planetary Decadal Survey, outlines 10 major questions that focus on the origin, evolution, and current processes that shape…

astro-ph.IM2020

Architectures and Technologies for a Space Telescope for Solar System Science

Kunio M. Sayanagi, Cindy L. Young, Lynn Bowman +37

We advocate for a mission concept study for a space telescope dedicated to solar system science in Earth orbit. Such a study was recommended by the Committee on Astrobiology and Pl…

astro-ph.IM2020

Ultraviolet-Based Science in the Solar System: Advances and Next Steps

Amanda R. Hendrix, Tracy M. Becker, Dennis Bodewits +25

We review the importance of recent UV observations of solar system targets and discuss the need for further measurements, instrumentation and laboratory work in the coming decade.…

astro-ph.IM2020

The Search for MeV Electrons 2-45 AU from the Sun with the Alice Instrument Microchannel Plate Detector Aboard New Horizons

B. A. Keeney, M. Versteeg, J. Wm. Parker +14

The Alice UV spectrograph aboard NASA's New Horizons mission is sensitive to MeV electrons that penetrate the instrument's thin aluminum housing and interact with its microchannel…