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Sun’s stroke keeps Kepler online

Space telescope beats mechanical failures to begin a second mission that will trace new celestial targets.

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Zastrow, M. Sun’s stroke keeps Kepler online. Nature 514, 414–415 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/514414a

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