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NASA’s Next Great Telescope Could Search for Life on Earth-Like Worlds
30 August 2026

NASA’s Next Great Telescope Could Search for Life on Earth-Like Worlds

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NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) could transform our search for life beyond Earth. Designed to study Earth-like planets, galaxies, supermassive black holes, dark matter, and the early universe, the future flagship mission combines powerful spectroscopy with extraordinary telescope stability.

Its ambitious science program could reveal how habitable worlds emerge across the cosmos.

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