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ESA Voyage 2050 White Paper: Detecting life outside our solar system with a large high-contrast-imaging mission
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- In this white paper, we recommend the European Space Agency plays a proactive role in developing a global collaborative effort to construct a large high-contrast imaging space telescope, e.g. as currently under study by NASA. Such a mission will be needed to characterize a sizable sample of temperate Earth-like planets in the habitable zones of nearby Sun-like stars and to search for extraterrestrial biological activity. We provide an overview of relevant European expertise, and advocate ESA to start a technology development program towards detecting life outside the Solar system.<br />Comment: White paper for ESA Voyage 2050; 24 pages
- Subjects :
- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1908.01803
- Document Type :
- Working Paper