NASA's Kepler Telescope Almost Out of Fuel, Forced to Nap

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope is almost out of fuel and has been forced to take a nap.   Flight controllers placed the planet-hunting spacecraft into hibernation last week to save energy. It will remain asleep until early August, when controllers attempt to send down the data collected before observations were interrupted.   Kepler has been searching for planets outside our solar system for nearly a decade. Considered the pioneer of planet hunting, it's discovered...

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