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UK invests £30m in space telescope to explore exoplanets

Image: European Space Agency

Project marks first time in decade that UK has led large-scale space mission

The UK has announced that it will invest £30 million in a space telescope to explore planets outside of our solar system.

It is the first time in a decade that the country has secured leadership of a space mission of such magnitude, science minister George Freeman said.

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