Finding An Ocean On An Exoplanet Would Be Huge and the Habitable Worlds Observatory Could Do It
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Finding An Ocean On An Exoplanet Would Be Huge and the Habitable Worlds Observatory Could Do It

The search for habitable exoplanets boils down to the search for water. Exoplanet scientists lack the technological capability to detect surface water on exoplanets from great distances, so instead they can only search for planets in habitable zones where surface water is likely. But what if we could directly detect the surface water itself?