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Habitable Worlds Observatory

NASA’s next flagship astrophysics observatory, designed to directly image potentially habitable planets around other stars, search their atmospheres for biosignatures, and advance transformational studies of the universe.

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Identity

Aliases: HWOHabitable Worlds Observatory ProgramNASA HWO
Domains: spaceflight
Name: Habitable Worlds Observatory
Status: active
Types: explorationscienceresearchdevelopmentoperations

Details

Description: NASA’s next flagship astrophysics observatory, designed to directly image potentially habitable planets around other stars, search their atmospheres for biosignatures, and advance transformational studies of the universe.
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Creation Time: August 13, 2026 at 07:13:48 UTC
Updated Time: August 23, 2026 at 15:13:58 UTC
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Official Urls: https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/habitable-worlds-observatory/https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/habitable-worlds-observatory/team/https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/habitable-worlds-observatory/lms/