Congressional funding for Kepler — which has identified 1,235 candidate alien planets to date and recently discovered the first exoplanet with two suns in its sky — is due to run out in November 2012, but an extension may be approved is the new mission proposal is approved. The NASA Kepler team will know by next spring whether it's approved.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope May Extend Its Search for Alien Planets
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