Planet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope retired
NASA ‘retires’ planet-hunting Kepler space telescope, that discovered 2,600 exoplanets.
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Kepler found New Planets better than Earth
The Kepler Telescope was built for one purpose: To look at a certain patch in the Milky Way in search of exoplanets.
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Project Blue Space Telescope to find another Earth
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Earth-sized ‘pi planet’ with a 3.14-day orbit
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Exoplanets could be made of Diamond and Rock
Scientists say exoplanets circling carbon-rich stars could be made of diamond and silica.
Most Earth-like Exoplanet discovered
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