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Indonesian Space Agency Pledged To Search For Exoplanets And Life Beyond Solar In 2021

The Indonesian National Aeronautics and Space Institute (LAPAN) which is responsible for researching aerospace wants to focus on detecting possible aliens and habitats other than Earth starting 2021.

One of the researchers from LAPAN, Rhorom Priyatikanto admitted that this study has entered the level of strategic planning of research. Like the Interstellar story, researchers will study planets outside the solar system or better known as exoplanets. The study aims to find out which planets have the potential to be occupied.

“The first step in finding another life outside the earth is to find a planet with conditions that are considered occupiable. In our strategic research plan, next year EIGHT will begin the study of temporary phenomena, which are phenomena that occur accidentally. One of the goals is the detection and characterization of exoplanets,” Rhorom told CNN Indonesia.

The announcement from these LAPAN is a response to the study of exoplanets in several foreign countries. Earlier this month, scientists claimed to have discovered an exoplanet that was allegedly better than Earth.

External Studies


In a study entitled ‘In Search for a Planet Better than Earth’, Washington State University (WSU) geologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch has successfully identified 24 habitable exoplanets out of 4,500 exoplanets on the radar. Among the criteria seen is that the planet is between 5-8 billion years old and has water.

As for the existence of aliens, Cornell University astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger says there is a possibility that other living things in the 1,004 stars are in the potentially occupied zone.

Sources: CNN Indonesia

Adib Mohd

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