Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-we-alone-nasas-habitable-worlds-observatory-aims-to-find-out/
1984AD on September 30, 2025 3:32 pm Our new dark age? Is it cos we don’t have flying cars and jet packs?… yet!
Tumbleweed-Artistic on September 30, 2025 5:01 pm 🤣 Hab worlds is sadly nowhere close to becoming reality. Will be a miracle if it gets funded this year.
whyisthesky on September 30, 2025 6:03 pm Saying it’s poised to do anything is a bit of hyperbole. If it gets fully funded then it’s at least 16 years away, and likely more.
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Our new dark age? Is it cos we don’t have flying cars and jet packs?… yet!
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Stop hunting aliens, they’re already practically extinct!
🤣 Hab worlds is sadly nowhere close to becoming reality. Will be a miracle if it gets funded this year.
I thought we had invented cloaking technology. Damn.
Saying it’s poised to do anything is a bit of hyperbole. If it gets fully funded then it’s at least 16 years away, and likely more.
“a subscription is required to keep reading” nah