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Super telescope the size of a washing machine to photograph 'alien life' on planet 4.22 light years away

This artist's impression shows the planet orbiting the star Alpha Centauri B, a member of the triple star system closest to Earth [PHOTO: COURTESY]

A new telescope costing up to £40 million will be built to photograph planets similar to Earth in another solar system to see if they have alien life, it has been reported.

Scientists are reportedly hoping to take the first photo of a planet in the ‘habitable zone’ – the area around a star where life is able to exist.

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