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The Habitable Worlds Observatory will look for inhabited worlds beyond our Solar System in the 2040s and scientists are dreaming of what else it might do.
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O’Callaghan, J. NASA’s bold new telescope will do more than just hunt for life. Nat Astron (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-025-02708-2
Published: 07 November 2025
Version of record: 07 November 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-025-02708-2
