Habitable Worlds Observatory Aims to Find Earth-like Planets

Durham University joins UK team with UCL, Portsmouth, RAL Space, and UKATC for NASA's HWO.
HWO uses coronagraph to block starlight and find Earth-like planets.
Richard Massey calls HWO the '21st Century's Hubble Space Telescope'.
UK Space Agency funds two groups for UK-led imager research.
NASA plans HWO launch in early 2040s to study planet mass and atmospheres.

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Richard Massey

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