Episode 415: 349: Farewell Kepler. Welcome TESS And The Quest To Find Earth 2.0

Published: April 17, 2018, 8:12 a.m.

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We\\u2019re now entering the final days for NASA\\u2019s Kepler Space Telescope. It\\u2019s running out of fuel and already crippled by the loss of its reaction wheels. In just a few months NASA will shut it down for good. That is sad, but don\\u2019t worry, NASA\\u2019s next planet hunting spacecraft, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Telescope is on the launchpad and ready to fly to space to take over where Kepler left off. Finding Earth-sized worlds in the Milky Way.

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