Habitable Worlds Observatory
NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory is a developing flagship astrophysics mission concept intended to directly image potentially habitable worlds around Sun-like stars and study atmospheric biosignatures, while enabling broad investigations of the universe.
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- HWOHabitable Worlds Observatory mission concept
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- Habitable Worlds Observatory
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- Habitable Worlds Observatory
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- observatoryresearch
- Status
- development
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- spacecraft
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- NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory is a developing flagship astrophysics mission concept intended to directly image potentially habitable worlds around Sun-like stars and study atmospheric biosignatures, while enabling broad investigations of the universe.
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- August 13, 2026 at 18:08:16 UTC
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- August 14, 2026 at 19:36:47 UTC