학술논문
Detecting life outside our solar system with a large high-contrast-imaging mission.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*EXTRATERRESTRIAL life
*HABITABLE planets
*SPACE telescopes
*SOLAR system
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0922-6435
Abstract
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]