NASA's Kepler space telescope finds 'Super-Earth' after 19-month hiatus
Kepler space telescope, closed for business since a May 2013 malfunction, identified a planet about 2.5 times the size of ours in the constellation
NASA's Kepler space telescope finds 'Super-Earth' after 19-month hiatus
Kepler space telescope, closed for business since a May 2013 malfunction, identified a planet about 2.5 times the size of ours in the constellation Pisces.
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NASA's Kepler space telescope is discovering alien planets again.
The prolific spacecraft has spotted its first new alien planet since being hobbled by a malfunction in May 2013, researchers announced today (Dec. 18). The newly discovered world, called HIP 116454b, is a "super Earth" about 2.5 times larger than our home planet. It lies 180 light-years from Earth, in the constellati