Detecting life outside our solar system with a large high-contrast-imaging mission

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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 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.
Date of Publication
2022
Publication Type
Article
Subject(s)
500 - Science::520 - Astronomy
600 - Technology::620 - Engineering
Language(s)
en
Contributor(s)
Snellen, Ignas A. G.
Snik, F.
Kenworthy, M.
Albrecht, S.
Anglada-Escudé, G.
Baraffe, I.
Baudoz, P.
Beuzit, J.-L.
Biller, B.
Birkby, J. L.
Boccaletti, A.
van Boekel, R.
de Boer, J.
Brogi, Matteo
Buchhave, L.
Carone, L.
Claire, M.
Claudi, R.
Désert, J.-M.
Desidera, S.
Gaudi, B. S.
Gratton, R.
Gillon, M.
Grenfell, J. L.
Guyon, O.
Henning, T.
Hinkley, S.
Huby, E.
Janson, M.
Helling, C.
Heng, K.
Kasper, M.
Keller, C. U.
Krause, O.
Kreidberg, L.
Madhusudhan, N.
Lagrange, A.-M.
Launhardt, R.
Lenton, T. M.
Lopez-Puertas, M.
Maire, A.-L.
Mayne, N.
Meadows, V.
Mennesson, B.
Micela, G.
Miguel, Y.
Milli, J.
Min, M.
de Mooij, E.
Mouillet, D.
N’Diaye, M.
D’Orazi, V.
Palle, E.
Pagano, I.
Piotto, G.
Queloz, D.
Rauer, H.
Ribas, I.
Ruane, G.
Selsis, F.
Sozzetti, A.
Stam, D.
Stark, C.C.
Vigan, A.
de Visser, Pieter
Additional Credits
Physikalisches Institut, Weltraumforschung und Planetologie (WP)
Center for Space and Habitability (CSH)
Series
Experimental astronomy
Publisher
Springer
ISSN
0922-6435
Access(Rights)
open.access
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