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On the recordMay 8, 2013
The search for habitable planets outside of our own solar system was identified as a scientific priority in the 2010 National Academies Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
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Daniel Lipinski
Democratic · Illinois

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Lipinski emphasizes the importance of exoplanet research as a scientific priority.

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