Origins space telescope: from first light to life
Journal article, 2021
The Origins Space Telescope (Origins) is one of four science and technology definition studies selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in preparation of the 2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal survey in the US. Origins will trace the history of our origins from the time dust and heavy elements permanently altered the cosmic landscape to present-day life. It is designed to answer three major science questions: How do galaxies form stars, make metals, and grow their central supermassive black holes from reionization? How do the conditions for habitability develop during the process of planet formation? Do planets orbiting M-dwarf stars support life? Origins operates at mid- to far-infrared wavelengths from ~ 2.8 μm to 588 μm, and is more than 1000 times more sensitive than prior far-IR missions due to its cold (~ 4.5 K) aperture and state-of-the-art instruments.
Spaceborn astrophysics
ESA Voyage2050
Exoplanets
Galaxy evolution
Mm- and sub-mm astronomy
Star and planet formation
Author
M.C. Wiedner
Paris Observatory
Susanne Aalto
Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Astronomy and Plasmaphysics
Lee Armus
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
E. A. Bergin
University of Michigan
J. Birkby
University of Amsterdam
C. Matt Bradford
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Denis Burgarella
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
P. Caselli
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
V. Charmandaris
University of Crete
A. Cooray
University of California at Irvine (UCI)
Elvire de Beck
Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Astronomy and Plasmaphysics
J. M. Desert
University of Amsterdam
M. Gerin
Paris Observatory
J.R. Goicoechea
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas
Matt Griffin
Cardiff University
P. Hartogh
MPI for Solar System Research
F. Helmich
University of Groningen
M. Hogerheijde
Leiden University
L. K. Hunt
Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory
A. Karska
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Q. Kral
Paris Observatory
David Leisawitz
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
G. J. Melnick
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Margaret Meixner
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
M. Matsuura
Cardiff University
S. Milam
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
C. Pearson
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Dominic W. Pesce
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Klaus Pontoppidan
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
Alexandra Pope
University of Massachusetts
D. Rigopoulou
University of Oxford
Thomas Roellig
NASA Ames Research Center
Itsuki Sakon
University of Tokyo
Johannes Staguhn
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Kevin B. Stevenson
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
Experimental Astronomy
0922-6435 (ISSN) 1572-9508 (eISSN)
Vol. 51 3 595-624Subject Categories
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
DOI
10.1007/s10686-021-09782-0