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Hunt for Other 'Earths' 
Washington Post | Sun, Apr 26
That's wonderful news, said William Borucki, lead scientist on NASA's Kepler space telescope, which will begin observations in mid-May designed to find Earth-like planets and estimate their abundance in our galaxy. "It really gives us confidence that ...
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The planet was discovered by the Corot, an Earth-orbiting telescope that France launched six years ago. NASA’s larger Kepler spacecraft promises to do better. The telescope has a field of view 20 times larger than Corot’s, and it’s designed to circle ...
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