开普勒望远镜的工作原理是监测其视野内成千上万个恒星的亮度的微小变化。
Kepler works by monitoring the thousands of stars in its field of view for tiny changes in brightness.
另一巨大的收获是开普勒望远镜如此灵敏，连这样的一颗小星体都能观测得来。
The other big deal is that Kepler is sensitive enough to have found something this small.
上个月，美国宇航局宣布了1,235个新的可能存在的行星已被航天卫星上的开普勒望远镜观察到。
Last month, NASA announced that 1, 235 new possible planets had been observed by Kepler, a telescope on a space satellite.
应用推荐