[Interview+] The Limits of The Habitable Worlds Observatory

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The Habitable Worlds Observatory is our ultimate tool to see an Earth-sized world around a Sun-like star. But what will be the limits of its instruments? What will it realistically be able to see? Finding out the answers in this interview.

👉 HWO interview with Lee Feinberg https://youtu.be/0R3ykUkxH5M
👉 Coronagraph interview with Vanessa Bailey https://youtu.be/HXZMRagv66M

🟣 Guest: Celeste Hagee https://www.celestehagee.com/

📜 Bayesian Analysis for Remote Biosignature Identification on exoEarths (BARBIE) IV: Analyzing CO2 Detections in the Near-IR to Determine the Long-Wavelength Cut-off for the Habitable Worlds Observatory Coronagraph https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12353

  • 00:00 Intro

  • 01:43 What could HWO see

  • 06:20 Celeste's research

  • 19:06 Findings

  • 28:16 The quest of confirming extraterrestrial life

  • 35:04 Current obsessions

  • 39:00 Final thoughts

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Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/M3KZgV-_kks

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is our ultimate tool to see an Earth-sized world around a Sun-like star. But what will be the limits of its instruments? What will it realistically be able to see? Finding out the answers in this interview.

👉 HWO interview with Lee Feinberg https://youtu.be/0R3ykUkxH5M
👉 Coronagraph interview with Vanessa Bailey https://youtu.be/HXZMRagv66M

🟣 Guest: Celeste Hagee https://www.celestehagee.com/

📜 Bayesian Analysis for Remote Biosignature Identification on exoEarths (BARBIE) IV: Analyzing CO2 Detections in the Near-IR to Determine the Long-Wavelength Cut-off for the Habitable Worlds Observatory Coronagraph https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12353

  • 00:00 Intro

  • 01:43 What could HWO see

  • 06:20 Celeste's research

  • 19:06 Findings

  • 28:16 The quest of confirming extraterrestrial life

  • 35:04 Current obsessions

  • 39:00 Final thoughts

2026-03-30 41 min
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