NASA unveils plan for next-gen telescope to search space for signs of life: reports

NASA has reportedly shed light on a new plan to build a successor to the James Webb Space Telescope

The Habitable Worlds Observatory was announced Monday at the latest American Astronomical Society meeting, and its goal is searching for signs of life on habitable exoplanets.

Space.com said on Friday that the observatory will need a powerful coronograph, which is an instrument that allows scientists to study faint objects. 

Mark Clampin, the director of NASA's astrophysics division, reportedly said that the agency would approach the project as if it faced a strict launch window, building on previous technology used for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope as well as Webb.

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The Habitable World Observatory would be sent to a point – known as L2, or the second Lagrange Point – a million miles away from the Earth and opposite the sun. 

"We're also going to plan this mission from day one to be serviceable," Clampin said, noting that in 10 to 15 years companies could do "straightforward robotic servicing" there. 

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"It gives us flexibility, because it means we don't necessarily have to hit all of the science goals the first time," he told attendees. Being able to service the observatory can extend the life of its mission.

The agency will reportedly turn to the commercial sector for the launch vehicle. 

Notably, with this observatory, NASA is following through on the U.S. National Academies’ latest decadal survey, which called for NASA to revive the "Great Observatories" program

According to Science, the report said that a six-meter telescope sensitive to ultraviolet, optical and near-infrared wavelengths could mark the start of that effort.

How to use Reminders on your macOS and why you should

Everyone has different ways of keeping their everyday life tasks in order whether it's by keeping to-do lists or having everything written out in a calendar. 

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MacOS is helping users make their lives even more organized with the latest update to their Reminders feature, and you're going to want to check it out.

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With the latest update found in macOS Ventura, the Reminders feature can accomplish a plethora of tasks for its users. These features include the following: 

– Organizing reminders by time and date

– Pinned lists

– Templates

– Text formatting and lists

– Completed section (for when you complete a task)

– Notifications

– Tags

You can use this feature as a to-do tool, configure notifications for a specific time and location, and much more. It's super user-friendly and you'll get the hang of it in no time. 

Note: this applies only to those with a macOS computer running macOS 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or later. 

We're going to show you how to use some of the basic tools within the Reminders desktop app so that you can start organizing your life better today. 

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The tabs in the left panel are for when your reminders and tasks are scheduled for. If you have a reminder set for that same day, it'll fall under the Today tab. Future reminders will fall under the Scheduled tab. Flagged reminders will fall under the Flagged tab, and every reminder you have set will fall under the All tab. Once reminders are completed, they will go under the Completed tab. 

Let us know how the Reminders app for macOS works for you.

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