The Habitable Worlds Observatory mission is starting to take shape.
, an instrument that allows scientists to study faint objects like rocky planets near bright objects like stars. But that's a powerful combination for astrophysicists as well.
The National Academies of Sciences document, nicknamed the decadal survey, also noted that NASA should use small missions to develop X-ray and far-infrared observing technologies that can be used on two large space telescope missions that should later join the Habitable Worlds Observatory to bring more power to a wider range of wavelengths.
He said the approach should also keep the project's budget in line, and keep the agency moving toward the large X-ray and far-infrared missions as well."The faster you get it done, the sooner you can also think about the next two great observatories," he said of the Habitable Worlds Observatory.
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