The Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES) Could Detect Exoplanets Within a few Dozen Light-Years of Earth Using Astrometry - Universe Today
5/21/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 11 months ago
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A team of Chinese researchers has proposed a new mission to find Earth-like planets in neighboring star systems - the Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES)!
As of this article’s writing, NASA has indicated that 5,030 extrasolar planets have been confirmed in 3,772 systems, with another 8,974 candidates awaiting confirmation. With next-generation instrume… [+7481 chars]
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