Oases{emdash}A space mission to search for habitable planets of other stars

Journal Article · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1996 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.49872· OSTI ID:385533

Angel, R; Woolf, N ^[1]; Leger, A ^[2]

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1. Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 (United States)
2. Institute d`Astrophysics Spatiale, University of Paris SUD, Bat. 121, F-91405 Orsay (France)

We do not yet know if nearby sun-like stars have planets resembling the solar system. In the past, telescopes have not had the power to resolve weak planet emission next to a bright star{emdash}it is as if from a thousand miles away one tried to see a glow worm next to a searchlight. But a telescope in space could now be built by NASA that could not only see Earth-like planets if they are there, but check if they have abundant water or even an atmosphere with oxygen, produced on Earth by primitive life. The name we have given to such a mission is OASES{emdash}Outpost for the Analysis and Spectroscopy of Exo-planetary Systems. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}

• OSTI ID: 385533
• Report Number(s): CONF-960109-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 9618M0134
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 361, Issue 1; Conference: STAIF 96: space technology and applications international forum, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 7-11 Jan 1996; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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