The discovery over the past few years that stars in the Milky Way may each be orbited by at least one planet suggests that among these numerous planetary systems may reside planets similar to Earth, perhaps even harboring life. The HabEx concept is intended to be the astronomical community’s response to an age-old question of humanity, “Are we alone in the cosmos?"
Although optimized for direct-imaging exoplanet science, HabEx will also enable a broad suite of unique “general astrophysics” science, not possible from ground- or space-based facilities available in the 2030s, when HabEx would launch.
Please join our regular hosts, Tony Darnell and Harley Thronson, as they discuss with Drs. Sara Seager (MIT), Shawn Goldman (GSFC) Daniel Stern (NASA JPL), and John Clarke (Boston University) the astronomical search for life and the technological advances that will make it possible.
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