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One of Darwin's telescopes that is part of the four-spacecraft flotilla.

Darwin will be a flotilla of four free-flying spacecraft that will search for Earth-like planets around other stars and analyse their atmospheres for the chemical signature of life.

Credits: ESA 2002. Illustration by Medialab.

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One of Darwin's telescopes that is part of the four-spacecraft flotilla.

Last update: 23 October 2009

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