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Kepler News and Features

News and Features

Kepler Mission Manager Update, June 19, 2009

Kepler is more than 10,700,000 kilometers (about 6,600,00 miles) from Earth and continues its planned drift-away orbit.
Kepler Mission Manager Update, June 9, 2009

Kepler is nearing 10 million kilometers from Earth, and will pass that mark on June 12.
Kepler Mission Manager Update, May 29, 2009

Kepler remains safe and stable in its "drift-away" heliocentric orbit.

Latest Images

Zooming in on Kepler's Field of View

This image from NASA's Kepler mission shows the telescope's full field of view.

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Kepler Eyes Cluster and Known Planet

This image from NASA's Kepler mission shows the telescope's full field of view -- an expansive star-rich patch of sky in the constellations Cygnus and Lyra stretching across 100 square degrees.

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Host to 'Hot Jupiter'

This image zooms into a small portion of Kepler's full field of view -- an expansive, 100-square-degree patch of sky in our Milky Way galaxy.

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Kepler Image Gallery

Video Gallery

Taking the Lid Off Kepler

This artist's animation illustrates how the dust cover on NASA's Kepler telescope will be ejected.
We Have Liftoff!

Kepler is on its way to space to search for Earth-like planets.
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