Kepler Forges Ahead After Loss of Third Camera Sensor

Credit: Kepler: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA’s exoplanet-seeking Kepler space telescope has resumed science operations after the apparent loss in late July of a third focal plane detector module in the observatory’s photometer, the project manager says. The photometer is the camera responsible for detecting variations in the...

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