BEIJING, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China.

SPACE SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

China unveiled a national mid and long-term development program for space science on Tuesday, which will guide the country's planning of space science missions and space research from 2024 to 2050.

The program, the first of its kind at the national level, was jointly released by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the China National Space Administration and the China Manned Space Agency at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office.

SPACE SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

China will pursue extensive and in-depth international cooperation in space exploration, according to a press conference held on Tuesday unveiling the nation's mid and long-term space science development program.

Wang Chi, director of the National Space Science Center under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that international cooperation in space science can significantly multiply scientific output and foster mutual understanding and friendship among countries worldwide.

AI IN ASTRONOMY

An international research team has created an AI-based algorithm to discover five ultra-short-period planets with diameters smaller than Earth's and orbital periods shorter than one day from the stellar photometry dataset provided by the Kepler telescope.

Among the five planets, four are the closest to their solar-like host stars detected to date, with sizes comparable to that of Mars. This is the first time that astronomers have used AI to complete tasks to search for candidate signals and identify true signals in a single attempt. Enditem

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