John O'Meara - Habitable Worlds Observatory

Dr. John O'Meara discusses the Habitable Worlds Observatory, a next-generation space telescope designed to identify and directly image at least 25 potentially habitable worlds & empower humanity's search for life in the cosmos. Dr. John O'Meara is the Chief Scientist & Deputy Director at W. M. Keck Observatory and Co-Chair for Habitable Worlds Observatory START team. John is an observational astrophysicist and cosmologist with a wealth of research & teaching experience, as well as public outreach and science advocacy at the local and federal level. He is member of a number of Astronomy and Astrophysics advisory committees, and also team lead of the LUVOIR large mission concept study as part of NASA's Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group John has a Bachelors in Physics from the University of Washington and PhD in Astrophysics from UC San Diego, in addition to extensive career experience in academic research in education at organizations including NASA, the W. M. Keck Observatory, the National Science Foundation, Vermont Academy of Science and EngineeringVermont Academy of Science and Engineering, Saint Michael's College, Penn State University, and MIT. LINKS & RESOURCES: NASA Habitable Worlds https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/research/astrobiology-at-nasa/habitable-worlds/ NASA Habitable Worlds Observatory https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/habitable-worlds-observatory/ James Webb Space Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Grace_Roman_Space_Telescope Habitable Exoplanets Observatory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitable_Exoplanets_Observatory NASA: Some Icy Exoplanets May Have Habitable Oceans and Geysers https://www.nasa.gov/science-research/planetary-science/astrobiology/nasa-some-icy-exoplanets-may-have-habitable-oceans-and-geysers