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Kepler Spacecraft’s Fuel Tank is Running Very Low
NASA put Kepler to sleep to preserve its remaining fuel
NASA announced today that the Kepler spacecraft, which has been searching for distant Earth-like planets near Sun-like stars, is running very low on fuel. So much so, that it has decided to put Kepler in a sleep mode to preserve fuel over the next fe...
NASA’s TESS spacecraft may find 1,600 new planets in the next two years
On Monday evening, NASA plans to launch a brand new satellite into orbit, courtesy of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Called TESS (the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), the spacecraft is designed to detect planets outside our solar system (called exo...
NASA’s Kepler Telescope Solves the Mystery of Fast and Furious Exploding Star
NASA’s Kepler Telescope Solves the Mystery of Fast and Furious Exploding Star
NASA’s Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft is Running Out of Fuel
NASA’s Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft is Running Out of Fuel
NASA’s planet-hunting spacecraft Kepler is near the end of its life
NASA's Kepler spacecraft has been in orbit of the Earth for nine years. In that time, it's well exceeded its original 3.5-year mission and has pinpointed over 4,500 exoplanets and candidates. It's a little bit heartbreaking (though not unexpected), t...