Chinese scientists have proposed a project to hunt for habitable Earth-like planets outside our solar system through a space telescope. This is will be the world\u2019s first space mission specially designed to search for habitable planets in the universe. The proposed project will involve surveying the sky through a space-borne telescope to hunt for habitable planets about 32 light-years from Earth. The project, named Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES) would be the first space mission specially designed to search for habitable terrestrial planets around nearby Sun-like stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The exploration of habitable planets outside the solar system is one of the key frontiers of fundamental research in astronomy. The discovery of the nearby habitable worlds will be a great breakthrough for humankind, and will also help humans visit those Earth twins and expand our living space in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a research professor from the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ji Jianghui, more than 5,000 exoplanets have been discovered and confirmed so far, including around 50 Earth-like planets in the habitable zone. However, most of these are hundreds of light-years away from Earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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