A Star Census (IMAGE)

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A Star Census

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A star like our sun is shown with an orbiting planet in the foreground. NASA's Kepler Mission is studying sun-like stars by tracking changes in their brightness, or their oscillations.

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Illustration by Gabriel Perez Diaz, Instituto de Aastrofisica de Canarias (MultiMedia Service).

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