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Terrestrial Planet Finder

Posted by timothy on from the idea-flagpole-getting-full dept.

solarlux writes "The Terrestrial Planet Finder has taken one step closer to reality as two architectures have been approved by NASA. The first, TPF-c, will be a single optical telescope which employs a coronograph to block starlight for planet detection. TPF-i will be a flotilla of infrared telescopes flying in formation to form a interferometer. TPF-i will analyze the planets identified by TPF-c for life signatures. The telescopes are to be launched within the next 10-15 years."

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  1. aliens exist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    aliens axist. but we haven't seen them yet. we probably won't see them in our lifetimes, not a great chance on that.

    but probabilistic maths say is 99.9% possible that they exist.