NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope disabled

Officials are uncertain whether a malfunctioning wheel means the end of the Kepler mission, which has helped identify scores of exoplanets orbiting stars in the Milky Way.Planet-hunting scientists were dealt a major blow Wednesday when NASA officials announced that a crucial wheel on the Kepler space telescope had ceased to function and that the craft had been placed in safe mode.

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