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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is probably best known for its aid in detecting exoplanets -- planets around other stars which are generally obscured from being seen from Earth. The telescope also has helped scientists discover that comets and planets ...
It's thrilling to see this treasure trove of stars," said William Borucki, science principal investigator for Kepler. "We expect to find hundreds of planets circling those stars, and for the first time, we can look for Earth-size planets in the ... Wired News - The Planetary Society
The Kepler spacecraft is designed to study between 100000 and 170000 sunlike stars and find Earth-like planets that may orbit them. Fanson explained that the telescope onboard the spacecraft will measure the brightness of those stars every half hour, ...