Projects

Habitable Worlds Observatory

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is a large ultraviolet/optical/infrared space telescope recommended by the National Academies’ Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s.

Thanks to its unprecedented combination of spatial resolution and sensitivity at those wavelengths, HWO would be a transformative facility for general astrophysics the first telescope designed specifically to search for signs of life on planets orbiting other stars, also providing.

HWO is currently in early phase of conceptual development. More information on HWO can be found here:

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/habitable-worlds-observatory/