A Tiny Exoplanet (IMAGE)

Iowa State University

A Tiny Exoplanet

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The Kepler spacecraft finds planets beyond our solar system by detecting changes in star brightness when a planet passes in front of a star.

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NASA/Kepler Mission/Wendy Stenzel

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