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Kepler spacecraft begins its search for habitable worlds 
scientificamerican.com | Wed, May 13
The Kepler spacecraft, launched by NASA in March to look for cousins of Earth--those planets around other stars that have the right conditions for life--is now on the job. The spacecraft is in position, trailing Earth in an orbit around the sun, and has completed a tune-up of its instrumen...
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