Revived Kepler telescope finds first exoplanet
Crippled spacecraft turns up new worlds while balancing on sunlight
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SECOND LIFE The revived Kepler telescope, shown in this artist’s illustration, will stare at a different patch of sky every 80 days while using sunlight to stay balanced.
T. Pyle, JPL-Caltech, NASA Ames