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Open AccessDetecting life outside our solar system with a large high-contrast-imaging mission
In this White Paper, which was submitted in response to the European Space Agency (ESA) Voyage 2050 Call, we recommend the ESA plays a proactive role in develo** a global collaborative effort to construct a ...
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Open AccessThe search for living worlds and the connection to our cosmic origins
One of the most exciting scientific challenges is to detect Earth-like planets in the habitable zones of other stars in the galaxy and search for evidence of life. During the past 20 years the detection of exo...
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Space-based infrared interferometry to study exoplanetary atmospheres
The quest for other habitable worlds and the search for life among them are major goals of modern astronomy. One way to make progress towards these goals is to obtain high-quality spectra of a large number of ...
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A global cloud map of the nearest known brown dwarf
A map of the surface of a brown dwarf reveals features that suggest patchy clouds, providing the mechanism for the dispersal of atmospheric dust as brown dwarfs cool with age.