NASA has unveiled a plan to detect life on distant planets.
NASA’s Institute for Advanced Concepts is behind the effort, according to a report.
The plan to uncover life on faraway worlds is part of Phase III of a three-phase program.
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It consists of launching a telescope on a mission to view biosignatures on planets using the Sun’s gravitational lens, according to the report.
Under the Phase III distinction, the plan would be granted roughly $2 million in funding.
The plan was described in a white paper, a detailed report regarding a topic and the potential problems.
Rather than launching a massive craft, the project would see the launch of smaller cubes that would assemble on a 25-year journey to the point of the solar gravitational lens, the report noted.
The Sun would then grant the telescope a gravitational boost to reach its destination to view various exoplanets.
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No funding has been granted to the project yet, but it is considered an ambitious project with great potential to find a habitable exoplanet, the report noted.
