#OTD in 2009, @nasa launched the Kepler Space Telescope. It found more than 3,250 planets beyond our solar system and identified 3,000+ planet candidates before running out of fuel. Its name is written in the stars (and planets) it discovered. 💜 https://go.nasa.gov/3YvAPql #NASAExoplanets
Kepler was NASA’s first exoplanet hunting space telescope. It ushered in a golden age of exoplanet discovery, with more than 2,600 worlds to its credit. We’re still making discoveries in Kepler’s data.
