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NASA retires Kepler space telescope

Submit on Tuesday, October 30th, 2018 22:56

NASA’s Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel needed for further science operations. NASA has decided to retire the spacecraft within its current, safe orbit, away from Earth. Kepler leaves a legacy of more than 2,600 planet discoveries from outside our solar system.

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