After discovering more than 2,600 planets, Kepler space telescope is headed for retirement
by Deborah Netburn and Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times
Oct 30, 2018
1 minute
NASA's revolutionary planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel and will be retired, the space agency announced Tuesday.
During its nine-year mission, Kepler found more than 2,600 planets orbiting stars outside the solar system -
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