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Is there life on planets outside our solar system? Now that it has been 50 years since humanity’s first moon landing, it’s probably time to peer deeper into the universe. That’s what astronomers hope to do using a giant telescope planned for the summit of Hawaii’s tallest mountain. Read the story here.

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