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‘Goodnight, Kepler’: NASA’s Planet-Hunting Telescope Has Finally Run Out Of Fuel

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Rest in space, Kepler.

By Dominique Mosbergen

VIDEO

NASA is saying “goodnight” to its pioneering Kepler telescope, which a few months shy of its 10th birthday but years past its expected lifespan, has finally run out of fuel.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/kepler-telescope-nasa-retired_us_5bd98788e4b019a7ab58b10f

Posted specifically to, from bottom of "stashed February 15, 2018:"

Kepler Astronomers Discover Treasure Trove of New Exoplanets
https://gizmodo.com/kepler-astronomers-discover-treasure-trove-of-new-exopl-1823030963

Discovery alert! 95 new planets found with NASA telescope
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1485/discovery-alert-95-new-planets-found-with-nasa-telescope/
study http://outer.space.dtu.dk/awm/images/validationpaper.pdf

Exoplanets 101
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/the-search-for-life/exoplanets-101/

NASA Kepler's K2 Mission Scientists Discover 95 New Planets Beyond Our Solar System
http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-keplers-k2-mission-95-new-planets-beyond-our-solar-system-808201

Discovery! Kepler Space Telescope Discovers 95 More Alien Planets
https://www.space.com/39703-kepler-telescope-discovers-95-exoplanets-more.html

Scientists have discovered nearly 100 new planets outside of our solar system
https://qz.com/1207878/scientists-have-discovered-nearly-100-new-planets-outside-of-our-solar-system/

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/djNjEFu_RXf364MR4EWOyKui8n43M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

Andromeda Galaxy Brought Down To Size for Head-to-Head Collision With Milky Way - The Conversation
http://www.newsweek.com/milky-way-andromeda-galaxy-mass-collision-807849
original:
When galaxies collide, size matters if you want to know the fate of our Milky Way
https://theconversation.com/when-galaxies-collide-size-matters-if-you-want-to-know-the-fate-of-our-milky-way-91826
study https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.03949
PR https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/icfr-mwt021318.php

Milky Way ties with neighbour in galactic arms race
https://www.icrar.org/cosmic-collision/

Andromeda Galaxy Is The Same Size As Milky Way
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/221138/20180215/andromeda-galaxy-is-the-same-size-as-milky-way.htm

Just how big is the Andromeda galaxy?

( https://youtu.be/fMNlt2FnHDg )
Astronomers used to believe that the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest galactic neighbor, was three times the size of the Milky Way. Not anymore.
http://astronomy.com/news/magazine/2018/02/adromeda-is-the-same-size-as-the-milky-way

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dNuVppXHmbiBAhMcO4ZT196ziv48M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en