TY - JOUR
T1 - Detecting life outside our solar system with a large high-contrast-imaging mission
AU - Snellen, Ignas
AU - Snik, F
AU - Kenworthy, M
AU - Keller, C.U.
AU - De Mooij, Eric
AU - Albrecht, S.
AU - Krause, O
AU - Kreidberg, L.
AU - Stam, D.M.
AU - More Authors, null
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - 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. © 2021, The Author(s).
AB - 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. © 2021, The Author(s).
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85117334299&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10686-021-09803-y
DO - 10.1007/s10686-021-09803-y
M3 - Article
SN - 0922-6435
VL - 54
SP - 1237
EP - 1274
JO - Experimental Astronomy: an international journal on astronomical instrumentation and data analysis
JF - Experimental Astronomy: an international journal on astronomical instrumentation and data analysis
IS - 2-3
ER -