Reaction Wheel Failure Ends Kepler Data Collection; Analysis Continues

Failure of a second reaction control wheel on NASA’s Kepler planet-finding space telescope has ended data collecting with the spacecraft, but not analysis of the “terabytes” of data already captured. Scientists have a calendar quarter of data still to analyze for the telltale flickers in the light...

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