1,000 Alien Planets! NASA's Kepler Space Telescope Hits Big Milestone

Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 15:00 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has discovered its 1,000th alien planet, further cementing the mission's status as a space-science legend. Kepler has found more than half of all known exoplanets to date, and the numbers will keep rolling in.

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