Hunting Planets
Clip: Season 38 Episode 13 | 4m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
NASA’s Kepler mission lets us search for planets orbiting stars outside our solar system.
NASA’s Kepler mission lets us search for planets orbiting stars outside our solar system.
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Hunting Planets
Clip: Season 38 Episode 13 | 4m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
NASA’s Kepler mission lets us search for planets orbiting stars outside our solar system.
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