Kepler Retires

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  NASA's Kepler Planet-Hunting Telescope Put to Rest With Final Commands

  Kepler's "goodnight" falls on the same date as the 388-year anniversary of the death of its namesake, German astronomer Johannes Kepler.

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  NASA Bids Goodbye To Planet-Hunting Kepler Space Telescope

  NASA has decided to retire its Kepler space telescope that discovered more than 2,600 planets and ran out of fuel needed for further science operations.

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  NASA Retires Its Planet Hunter, the Kepler Space Telescope

  Currently orbiting the sun 156 million kilometres km from Earth, the Kepler telescope will drift further from our planet when mission engineers turn off its radio transmitters.

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  NASA's Planet Hunter Telescope Kepler Retires After Running Out Of Fuel

  The US space agency's Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel and is being retired after nine and a half years, having helped discover more than 2,600 planets, some of which may hold life, officials said Tuesday.

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  Hayden seeks Wessels' advice on retirement plans

  Matthew Hayden has sought Kepler Wessels' advice on when to end his cricket career amid the ever increasing scrutiny of his place in the side.