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  1. Habitable Worlds Observatory homepage - NASA Science

    Jul 29, 2025 · HWO will be the first telescope designed specifically to search for signs of life on planets orbiting other stars. With a powerful set of instruments, it will also provide a platform …

  2. Home | Habitable Worlds Observatory

    The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) will be a large ultraviolet, optical, infrared space telescope. It will be the first specifically engineered to identify habitable, Earth-like planets next …

  3. The Habitable Worlds Observatory | The New Great Observatories

    In recommending a “~6 meter IR/O/UV Observatory optimized for exoplanets and general astrophysics” as the first entrant to the maturation program, Astro2020 gave life to what will …

  4. A second instrument on HWO could track down nearby Earth-size ...

    2 days ago · The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is slated to be the next Great Observatory for the world. Its main focus has been searching for biosignatures in the atmospheres of at …

  5. Habitable Worlds Observatory - Wikipedia

    The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is a proposed next generation space telescope, a successor of the flagship Hubble, Webb, and Roman projects. It would have a large 6–8-meter …

  6. NASA Science | HWO Science - NASA Science

    Jul 24, 2025 · By exploring the birth, life, and death of stars, HWO follows the evolution of the elements over cosmic time. HWO will examine the conditions under which stars form, and the …

  7. Meet the Habitable Worlds Observatory, NASA’s… | The ...

    May 6, 2024 · NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory, or HWO, is a “Super Hubble” telescope that would directly image Earth-size exoplanets circling other stars. Using a JWST-size mirror and …