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NASA Needs New Telescope, To Find Earth’s Twin

Washington DC, Gatra.com- If Earth has a twin somewhere out there, NASA has to find it. That’s the conclusion of a ten-year report that sets out astronomical priorities for the next decade. Live Science, 06/11.

To find exoplanets like Earth, NASA will have to build a new, large and sophisticated space telescope, the report says.

Every 10 years, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine advise government agencies, such as NASA and the National Science Foundation, on what research goals astronomers should prioritize in the next decade, Space.com report.

The advisors released their latest report Thursday (November 4) and highlighted three main research priorities: to better understand the nature of black holes and neutron stars; to investigate how galaxies form and evolve; and to identify “inhabitable Earth-like worlds” and biochemical signs of life on other planetary systems.

On this last point, Fiona Harrison, the Caltech astrophysicist who chairs the committee, told NPR, “The most amazing scientific opportunity before us in the next few decades is the possibility that we may find life on other planets orbiting stars in a galactic environment.”

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