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A Blip on a Telescope in a Colorado Parking Lot Bolstered a Space Mission That Has Found Thousands of Planets … and Counting (opens in new tab)

Covers TIL the Europa Clipper is on its way to study Europa, one of Jupiter's moon to find if there is evidence of life.

The Kepler telescope changed how we saw the sky. It’s just one of the devices we’ve sent out beyond the reach of humans to search our solar system

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