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Friday, August 7, 2009

Kepler spacecraft sees its first exoplanets

Kepler's computer has mysteriously entered a standby, or "safe", mode twice since launch - possibly because it was hit by charged particles from space called cosmic rays (Illustration: NASA)

Kepler spacecraft sees its first exoplanets

NASA's recently launched probe has detected three known planets, confirming it is sensitive enough to find other Earths – unfortunately, it's sensitive to cosmic rays, too.

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