Durham Scientists to Help Design NASA Camera for Alien Life Search

NASA’s First-Ever Alien-Hunting Space Telescope Could Enlighten Our New Dark Age

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earth-like planets are common—if it can get off the ground

NASA’s bold new telescope will do more than just hunt for life - Nature Astronomy

The Habitable Worlds Observatory will look for inhabited worlds beyond our Solar System in the 2040s and scientists are dreaming of what else it might do.

NASA wants a 'Super-Hubble' space telescope to search for life on alien worlds

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is a flagship NASA telescope that could answer the ultimate question.

Scientists observe a changing exoplanet orbit

Astronomers studied the exoplanet TrES-1 b and found that its orbit is shifting, possibly due to an unseen companion planet.

This Camera Could Soon Reveal Alien Worlds Hidden In Plain Sight

In a groundbreaking step for exoplanet exploration, scientists from Durham University are collaborating on a project that could redefine humanity’s view of the cosmos. Their mission: to help design a powerful new camera capable of detecting signs of life on distant, Earth-like worlds. The effort is part of NASA’s ambitious Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) mission, set to launch in the 2040s. This new chapter in astronomical imaging could trans…