NASA’s Planet-Hunting Kepler Telescope Explained (Infographic)

The mission of NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope is to identify and characterize Earth-size planets in the habitable zones of nearby stars. Data returned by the telescope will allow scientists to estimate the number and sizes of planets in alien solar systems, and help identify the types of stars that could harbor planets.

 

The mission of the Kepler Space Telescope is to identify and characterize Earth-size planets in the habitable zones of nearby stars.

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