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THE KEPLER SPACE TELESCOPE The search for exo-planets
Topical Science November 2018 In this issue: Page 1: Introduction.
Credit: NASA/Ames Research Center / Cr W. Stenzel/D. Rutter
Page 2.: The search for exoplanets P
The mission of the Kepler Space Telescope has come to an end. It was launched, by NASA, in March 2009 and for almost a decade, it has been searching for planets orbiting stars other than our sun. It has been a brilliant success, but now it has run out of fuel and on October 30th, 2018, NASA announced that Kepler will be retired.
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age 3:: The Kepler Mission
Page 4: The findings of the Kelper mission
The NASA website stated: ‘After nine years in deep space collecting data that revealed our night sky to be filled with billions of hidden planets – more planets even than stars – NASA’s Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel needed for further science operations. NASA has decided to retire the spacecraft within its current, safe orbit, away from Earth. Kepler leaves a legacy of more than 2,600 planet discoveries from outside our solar system, many of which could be promising places for life.’ More information: http://www.nasa.gov/kepler