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Kepler Space Telescope

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White Dwarfs: Small and Strong

This chart shows data from NASA Kepler space telescope, which looks for planets by monitoring changes in the brightness of stars.

2013

NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech · NASA media (public domain)

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Overview

Kepler (2009–2018) discovered thousands of exoplanets by watching for the tiny dips in starlight caused by transiting planets.

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  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

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