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Many scientists speculate that our galaxy could be full of places like Pandora from the movie "Avatar" -- Earth-like worlds in solar systems besides our own. Many scientists speculate that our galaxy ...

Space-borne nulling interferometers have long been considered as the best option for searching and characterizing extra-solar planets located in the habitable zone of their parent stars. Solutions for ...

Hypertelescope capable of direct high-resolution imaging with a high limiting magnitude have been built and tested on Earth. The Hypertelescope group have proposed giant telescopes 10-25 kilometers ...

The search for extraterrestrial life and exploration of “another Earth” is an eternal theme for humans and inspires generations of planetary scientists. It not only improves our understanding of the ...

The international LIFE initiative led by ETH Zurich hopes to one day detect traces of life on exoplanets. A laboratory experiment under realistic conditions is now set to demonstrate the technical ...