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SPACE SCIENCE: Europe Forced to Turn Blind Eye to Far-Flung Planets
Daniel Clery
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.--Bowing to harsh budgetary realities, the European Space Agency has aborted plans for the Eddington observatory, a $205 million effort to hunt for planets beyond our solar system.