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Nature 409, 124 (11 January 2001) | doi:10.1038/35051773;

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Hunt for Earth-like planets edges towards launch pad

Washington A space telescope that would search for Earth-sized planets orbiting other stars is among three mission concepts picked by NASA last week to compete for a launch slot in 2005 or 2006. The Kepler mission and two other proposals — Dawn to orbit the asteroids Vesta and Ceres, and INSIDE Jupiter to investigate the giant planet's interior by studying its magnetic and gravitational fields — were chosen as finalists from 26 ideas submitted to the agency's Discovery programme in August.

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