May 20, 2022
Chinese scientists have proposed a space project to survey the sky
through a space-borne telescope to hunt for habitable Earth-like
planets outside our solar system, about 32 light-years from
Earth.
The project, named Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES), if carried out,
will be the first space mission specially designed to search for habitable
extraterrestrial planets around nearby Sun-like stars.
The exploration of habitable planets outside the solar system is one of the key
frontiers of fundamental research in astronomy.
CHES will offer crucial clues to the issues such as "Are we alone in the
universe?" and "How can planets become the cradle of life?"
according to Ji Jianghui, a research professor from the Purple Mountain
Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who is the principal
investigator of the CHES mission.
(Sources: China Report)
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