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China unveils its plans to turn its feats in space exploration into scientific advances


China has made great strides in exploring space in recent years, rocketing astronauts to its own space station and bringing back rocks from the moon

The nation's leading scientific institute laid out an ambitious plan Tuesday to become a global leader in space science by 2050. It listed a wide range of research areas including black holes, Mars and Jupiter, and the search for habitable planets and signs of extraterrestrial life. The U.S. launched a spacecraft this week on a 5 1/2-year journey to Jupiter, where it will try to study one of the planet's moons to see if its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.

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