NASA retires Kepler Space Telescope

After nine years in deep space collecting data, 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.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2CS3q2V

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