The Kepler telescope will be launched amid a flurry of discoveries of planets circling distant stars.

伴随着开普勒号望远镜，还会有一系列关于远方恒星系中行星的探索。

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Planet-hunters anticipate that NASA’s Kepler telescope will reveal an Earth-like planet orbiting a Sun-like star.

"行星猎人"预计，美国宇航局的开普勒望远镜会发现一个类似地球的行星绕着一个类似太阳的恒星。

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The Kepler telescope will hang in orbit and stare continuously at a field of 100,000 stars in the Cygnus-Lyra region of the Milky Way.

开普勒号望远镜进入轨道之后，会对银河系中位于天鹅座与天琴座之间区域进行持续观测，这其中大约有十万颗恒星。

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NASA scientists using the Kepler space telescope also announced the discovery of six planets orbiting a star called Kepler-11.

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The Kepler space telescope looks for planets by measuring tiny decreases in the brightness of stars when planets cross in front of them.

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NASA's Kepler telescope is permanently on the lookout for celestial objects of interest, and its latest discovery is a small one.

ENGADGET: NASA's Kepler telescope spies smallest planet to date, no aliens

NASA's Kepler telescope has discovered three "super-Earth-size" exoplanets that are close enough to their stars to make them possibly suitable for water.

ENGADGET: NASA's Kepler discovers three potentially habitable planets

Once again, these worlds were identified using data from Nasa's Kepler telescope, which was put in orbit in 2009 with the specific goal of hunting down small planets.

BBC: Newly found planets are 'roasted remains'