A new mission to investigate exoplanets has rocketed into space
The CHEOPS satellite will gather data on previously discovered planets outside the solar system
![CHEOPS satellite illustration](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/121219_cc_cheops_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
The just-launched CHEOPS satellite (illustrated, over Earth) will spend the next 3½ years taking a closer look at known planets orbiting other stars.
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