China is hatching a plan to find Earth 2.0 - Nature.com

A satellite will scour the Milky Way for exoplanets orbiting stars just like the Sun.

China is planning its first space mission to survey the skies for exoplanets similar to Kepler-186f, an Earth-size planet orbiting a distant star (artists impression). Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T… [+5594 chars]

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