Keeping Kepler

The Kepler mission has been extended to 2016, allowing us to confirm far more possible exoplanets...

25 May 2012

By Chris Smith.

Part of the show The Dominant Force in the Universe

KEPLER-11

Kepler-11 is a sun-like star around which six planets orbit. At times, two or more planets pass in front of the star at once, as shown in this artist's conception of a simultaneous transit of three planets observed by NASA's Kepler spacecraft on Aug. 26

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CC0, NASA

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