And “NASA” said at the latest meeting of the American Astronomical Society, last week, that the plan to develop the next telescope is based on the goal of making it suitable for searching for signs of life on habitable exoplanets in outer space, according to what was reported by the American “Fox News” network.
And the “Spice” website, which specializes in space news, stated that the new observatory will support a high-power imaging device, to enable scientists to study space objects and their behaviors of all sizes.
And the site quoted the director of the Astrophysics Department at NASA, Mark Clampin, as saying that the agency will work on the project based on the previous technology used in the “Nancy Grace Roman” telescope, as well as “James Webb.”
The new telescope’s observational capabilities will reach a point known as L2, or the second Lagrangian point, about a million miles from Earth and opposite the sun.
On the missions of the new telescope, Clampin said, “It will give us great flexibility, and we will be able to extend the life of its mission.”
It is noteworthy that the new telescope is part of the “NASA” project known as the “Great Observatories”, which aims to find out the chances of life outside Earth.