K2 Mission

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  NASA's Kepler Discovers Nearly 100 New Exoplanets

  Adding the newly discovered exoplanets brings the total number of exoplanets by K2 mission to almost 300.

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  Nasa's Kepler Probe Discovers Over 100 Exoplanets During K2 Mission

  Among the findings tallying 197 initial planet candidates, scientists have confirmed 104 planets outside our solar system.

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  NASA's Kepler Discovers More Than 104 New Exoplanets

  An international team of researchers announced on Monday the discovery of 104 new planets outside our solar system, including four that could have Earth-like, rocky surfaces.

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  NASA Keppler Mission Discovers Infant Exoplanet Around Young Star

  Using NASA's Kepler Space Telescope and its extended K2 mission, astronomers have discovered a new-born fully-formed exoplanet -- planets that orbit stars beyond our Sun -- ever detected around a young star.

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  NASA Probe Discovers Dead Star Vaporising a Mini 'Planet'

  Scientists using NASA's Kepler space telescope -- known as the K2 mission -- have spotted strong evidence of a tiny, rocky object being torn apart as it spirals around a white dwarf star.

• Exoplanet Hunter Kepler Set for New Mission

  There is some good news for space research enthusiasts. NASA's Kepler spacecraft is back in action, a year after suffering an equipment failure.