The main goal of the Kepler Mission is to find Earth-like exoplanets, planets outside our Solar System. The Kepler spacecraft measures the brightness of stars, looking for signs of dimming that would indicate the presence of an orbiting planet. Transits that manifest as dimming, information can be learnt about the parent star; researchers can determine a planet's size, orbit and other characteristics. So far, more than 1800 terrestrial planets have been confirmed to exist. What an abundance of life not dissimilar to our planet's could this mean!
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