Direct imaging and spectroscopy of habitable planets using JWST and a starshade

Direct imaging and spectroscopy of habitable planets using JWST and a starshade

A starshade with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the only possible path forward in the next decade to obtain images and spectra of a planet similar to the Earth, to study its habitability, and search for signs of alien life. While JWST was not specifically designed to observe using a starsh...

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Main Authors: Soummer, Rémi, Valenti, Jeff, Brown, Robert A., Tumlinson, Jason, Postman, Marc, Mountain, Matt, Seager, Sara, Cash, Webster, Jordan, Ian, Glassman, Tiffany, Pueyo, Laurent, Roberge, Aki
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61646
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6892-6948

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61646
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6892-6948

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