The Kepler Satellite

Explore Research at the University of Florida: Eric Ford, an associate professor of astronomy, explains NASA's Kepler Mission. The Kepler Mission is a search for Earth-sized planets. He describes how a spacecraft was launched into orbit around the Sun, gradually drifting away from the Earth. The Kepler Mission is observing millions of stars, and Ford describes how scientists are using these observations to discover the size and composition of different planets.

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