{"id":432154,"date":"2022-04-14T21:17:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T18:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/inside-chinas-plan-to-find-earth-2-0-with-this-planet-hunting-probe\/"},"modified":"2022-04-14T21:17:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T18:17:11","slug":"inside-chinas-plan-to-find-earth-2-0-with-this-planet-hunting-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/inside-chinas-plan-to-find-earth-2-0-with-this-planet-hunting-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"#Inside China\u2019s plan to find \u2018Earth 2.0\u2019 with this planet-hunting probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ca6b026cc3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ca6b026cc3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/inside-chinas-plan-to-find-earth-2-0-with-this-planet-hunting-probe\/#%E2%80%9CInside_Chinas_plan_to_find_%E2%80%98Earth_20_with_this_planet-hunting_probe%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Inside China\u2019s plan to find \u2018Earth 2.0\u2019 with this planet-hunting probe&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CInside_Chinas_plan_to_find_%E2%80%98Earth_20_with_this_planet-hunting_probe%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Inside China\u2019s plan to find \u2018Earth 2.0\u2019 with this planet-hunting probe&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>China is working on a plan to locate the first Earth-like planet in deep space.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, China spoke of its\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tech\/4893688\/china-race-moon-mars\/\">space exploration ambitions<\/a>, which include plans to build a base on the Moon and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tech\/4591581\/china-plans-space-telescope-moon-mars\/\">collect samples from Mars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it seems the nation also has hopes of uncovering a planet like our own Earth in distant solar systems, according to a new <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-022-01025-2?utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_source=commission_junction&amp;utm_campaign=CONR_PF018_ECOM_GL_PHSS_ALWYS_PRODUCT&amp;utm_content=textlink&amp;utm_term=PID100109965&amp;CJEVENT=c3c4fb17bc1e11ec809ad65a0a1c0e0d\">report by\u00a0Nature.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The mission, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriately designated \u2018Earth 2.0\u2019, will be funded by the Chinese Academy of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese government-backed scientists will scour deep space for exoplanets orbiting a star like our Sun in the \u201chabitable zone\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, this \u2018Earth 2.0\u2019 would also need to have the right conditions to support liquid water, and potentially life.<\/p>\n<p>Sometime in May, astronomers are expected to release details about the mission, which is currently finalizing its early designs.<\/p>\n<p>Once the designs are complete, they need to pass a review by a panel of experts in June.<\/p>\n<p>It is around that time that the project team will receive funding to start building the satellite it will use for the mission.<\/p>\n<p>Comprising seven telescopes, this powerful satellite will search distant solar systems for four years.<\/p>\n<p>Six of the telescopes will focus heavily on the Cygnus\u2013Lyra constellations \u2013 the same part of space that Nasa\u2019s Kepler telescope observed for nearly a decade before it retired in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kepler field is a low-hanging fruit because we have very good data from there,\u201d Jian Ge, the astronomer leading the Earth 2.0 mission at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told Nature.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/chinas-plot-to-find-earth-2_0-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Earlier this year, China spoke of its space exploration ambitions, which include plans to build a base on the Moon and collect samples from Mars. Pictured here is SuitSat space debris\" class=\"wp-image-21903766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/chinas-plot-to-find-earth-2_0-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/chinas-plot-to-find-earth-2_0-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/chinas-plot-to-find-earth-2_0-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>SuitSat space debris. The SuitSat (center) is an unneeded Russian Orlan spacesuit, released into Earth orbit in February 2006 by the crew of the International Space Station (ISS).<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Shutterstock \/ <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencephoto\">http:\/\/www.sciencephoto<\/a>.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur satellite can be 10\u201315 times more powerful than NASA\u2019s Kepler telescope in its sky-surveying capacity,\u201d Ge noted.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese telescopes will work via the tried-and-true method of monitoring a star\u2019s brightness \u2013 when a large object passes in front of a star, it gets dimmer.<\/p>\n<p>These changes in brightness can indicate that an exoplanet may be present.<\/p>\n<p>The team, which consists of around 300 scientists and engineers, hopes to launch the spacecraft sometime before the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to this instrument, China is also developing another, powerful space telescope, called Xuntian or the\u00a0Chinese Space Station Telescope\u00a0(CSST).<\/p>\n<p>CSST is expected to possess a 6.6-foot diameter primary mirror, as well as a field of view 300 times larger than NASA\u2019s Hubble Space Telescope.<\/p>\n<p>A field of view that wide would allow the telescope to observe up to 40 percent of the sky over ten years.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story originally appeared <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tech\/5117079\/china-plot-earth-deep-space\/\">on The Sun <\/a>and was reproduced here with permission. <\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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