Kepler is the new space telescope designed to look for exoplanets. It checks the brightness of stars looking for if they dim (ever so slightly) when an orbiting planet passes in front of it. It just released its first data with 1236 candidates. Astronomers will know try to use other telescopes and techniques to confirm the candidates are in fact planets. "This is a visualization of the 1236 exoplanet candidates observed by Kepler."
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