Earth-like atmospheres require precise balances of nitrogen, oxygen, and CO₂, supported by long-term geological and biological processes. Most M-dwarf planets face atmospheric loss due to intense ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics are helping to lead planning efforts for NASA’s next major space telescope — and its purpose will be to ...

The odds of discovering another Earth are looking slimmer than once believed. A growing body of evidence suggests that truly Earth-like conditions are rare, and complex life even rarer, perhaps to the ...

Concept design for a rectangular space telescope, modeled after the Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver (DICER), a notional infrared space observatory, and the James Webb Space ...

Lately we've been reporting about a series of studies on the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), NASA's flagship telescope mission for the 2040s. These studies have looked at the type of data they ...