Nitrogen dioxide pollution as a signature of extraterrestrial technology

R Kopparapu, G Arney, J Haqq-Misra… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) on Earth today has biogenic and anthropogenic sources. During the
Covid-19 pandemic, observations of global NO 2 emissions have shown a significant …

Chasing rainbows and ocean glints: Inner working angle constraints for the Habitable Worlds Observatory

SR Vaughan, TD Gebhard, K Bott… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT NASA is engaged in planning for a Habitable Worlds Observatory (HabWorlds),
a coronagraphic space mission to detect rocky planets in habitable zones and establish their …

The case for technosignatures: Why they may be abundant, long-lived, highly detectable, and unambiguous

JT Wright, J Haqq-Misra, A Frank… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The intuition suggested by the Drake equation implies that technology should be less
prevalent than biology in the galaxy. However, it has been appreciated for decades in the …

Imaging exoplanets with coronagraphic instruments

R Galicher, J Mazoyer - Comptes …, 2023 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
L'exoplanétologie est un domaine très actif de l'astronomie moderne avec des questions
encore ouvertes: comment les systèmes planétaires se forment-ils et évoluent-ils; pourquoi …

Multi-amplifier sensing charge-coupled devices for next generation spectroscopy

KW Lin, A Karcher, J Guy, SE Holland… - Publications of the …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present characterization results and performance of a prototype Multiple-Amplifier
Sensing (MAS) silicon charge-coupled device (CCD) sensor with 16 channels potentially …

Modeling and performance analysis of the LUVOIR coronagraph instrument

R Juanola-Parramon, NT Zimmerman… - Journal of …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Future space missions such as the Large UV/Optical/Infrared Surveyor (LUVOIR) and the
Habitable Exoplanet Observatory, when equipped with coronagraphs with active wavefront …

The HOSTS survey for exozodiacal dust: observational results from the complete survey

S Ertel, D Defrère, P Hinz, B Mennesson… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer (LBTI) enables nulling
interferometric observations across the N band (8 to 13 μm) to suppress a star's bright light …

Probing the capability of future direct-imaging missions to spectrally constrain the frequency of Earth-like planets

JH Checlair, GL Villanueva, BPC Hayworth… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
A critical question in astrobiology is whether exo-Earth candidates (EECs) are Earth-like, in
that they originate life that progressively oxygenates their atmospheres similarly to Earth. We …

Paths to robust exoplanet science yield margin for the Habitable Worlds Observatory

CC Stark, B Mennesson, S Bryson… - Journal of …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) will seek to detect and characterize potentially
Earth-like planets around other stars. To ensure that the mission achieves the Astro2020 …

Extreme-ultraviolet Stellar Characterization for Atmospheric Physics and Evolution mission: motivation and overview

K France, B Fleming, A Youngblood… - Journal of …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Extreme-ultraviolet Stellar Characterization for Atmospheric Physics and Evolution
(ESCAPE) mission is an astrophysics Small Explorer employing ultraviolet spectroscopy …