James Webb Telescope Model at South by Southwest

Enduring Quests and Daring Visions is a vision for

astrophysics Astrophysics is a science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena. As one of the founders of the discipline said, Astrophysics "seeks to ascertain the nature of the h ...

programs chartered by then-Director of NASA's Astrophysics Division, Paul Hertz, and released in late 2013. It lays out plans over 30 years as long-term goals and missions. Goals include mapping the Cosmic Microwave Background and finding Earth like

exoplanet An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside the Solar System. The first possible evidence of an exoplanet was noted in 1917 but was not recognized as such. The first confirmation of detection occurred in 1992. A different planet, init ...

s, to go deeper into space-time studying the Large Scale Structure of the Universe, extreme physics, and looking back farther in time. The panel that produced the vision included many notable American astrophysicists, including:

Chryssa Kouveliotou Chryssa Kouveliotou is a Greeks, Greek astrophysicist. She is a professor at George Washington University and a retired senior technologist in high-energy astrophysics at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Early life and ...

Eric Agol Eric Agol (born May 13, 1970 in Hollywood, California ) is an American astronomer and astrophysicist who was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017. Career Agol is a professor and astrophysicist at the University of Washington in the Departmen ...

, Natalie Batalha, Misty Bentz,

Alan Dressler Alan Michael Dressler (born 23 March 1948) is an American astronomer at the Carnegie Institution for Science of Washington, D.C. Among his works is the popularization ''Voyage To The Great Attractor: Exploring Intergalactic Space''. Dressler was ...

Scott Gaudi Bernard Scott Gaudi (born 1974) is an American astronomer. He is the Thomas Jefferson Professor for Discovery and Space Exploration, a professor of astronomy, and chair of undergraduate studies at Ohio State University's department of astronomy ...

Olivier Guyon Olivier Guyon (born 1975) is a French-American astronomer. He is an astronomer at the Steward Observatory of the college of science and professor in the James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences, both of The University of Arizona. He is the SCEx ...

, Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano, Feryal Ozel, Aki Roberge, Amber Straughn, and

Joan Centrella Joan Mary Centrella is an American astrophysics, astrophysicist known for her research on computer simulations of general relativity, gravity waves, gravitational lenses, and binary black holes. She is the former deputy director of the Astrophysic ...

. Examples of discussed missions include: *Astro-H ( Hitomi) *

Black Hole A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravitation, gravity is so strong that nothing, including light or other Electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic waves, has enough energy to escape it. The theory of general relativity predicts t ...

Mapper *CMB Polarization Surveyor *Cosmic Dawn * Euclid * ExoEarth Mapper *''

Gaia In Greek mythology, Gaia (; from Ancient Greek , a poetical form of , 'land' or 'earth'),, , . also spelled Gaea , is the personification of the Earth and one of the Greek primordial deities. Gaia is the ancestral mother—sometimes parthenog ...

'' *Gravitational Wave Surveyor/Mapper * Habitable Exoplanet Imaging Mission (HabEx) * Far-Infrared Surveyor (later renamed the Origins Space Telescope) * JEM-EUSO *

James Webb Space Telescope The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope which conducts infrared astronomy. As the largest optical telescope in space, its high resolution and sensitivity allow it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Spa ...

(JWST) * Large UV Optical Infrared Surveyor (LUVOIR) * Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope * Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) * Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) * X-Ray Surveyor (later renamed the '' Lynx X-ray Observatory'')

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External links

Enduring Quests and Daring Visions (NASA)
(.pdf) Astrophysics 2013 in space