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Nov. 14, 2012: NASA announces an extended mission for Kepler

The Kepler Space Telescope, launched March 6, 2009, was designed to search the Milky Way for exoplanets. Using the transit ...
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Moon phase today: What the moon will look like on November 15

As of Saturday, Nov. 15, the moon phase is Waning Crescent. This means 19% of the moon is lit up tonight, according to NASA's ...
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Next stop, not Mars: Why NASA's twin ESCAPADE probes are taking the long way to the Red Planet after Blue Origin launch

For the first time in more than five years, humanity has launched a mission to Mars — but it won't be arriving at the Red ...