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kepler telescope

  1. Orphia Nay

    NASA's Kepler Telescope Discovers First Earth-Size Planet in 'Habitable Zone'

    Announcement from NASA about an hour ago: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/m/news/news.php?release=2014-119#.U1BtrVXa46Z :thumbsup:
  2. Cylinder

    Kepler Telescope suffers critical failure

    Apparently, another reaction wheel has failed on the Kepler space telescope that, if not corrected, would end the spacecraft's primary mission of detecting Earth-like exoplanets. These reaction wheels keep the telescope aligned while observing stars for transits. Last year, wheel 2 became...
  3. Puppycow

    New Space Telescope will Search for Earth-like Planets

    Spacecraft Seeks Earth-Like Planets I think this is very exiting. This is exactly the sort of space mission I would be directing more resources too if I was to choose what we spend our space exploration money on. That is, powerful space-based telescopes. As powerful as the telescope is, the...

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