NASA Says Good Bye To Kepler Telescope

Space telescope Kepler is retiring from its planet hunting duties, after having successfully confirmed 135 planets and identified almost 3,500 possible planets since its launch in 2009.The Kepler space probe has been out of use since May, having suffered damage to its pointing system, The $600 million space exploration mission is being halted as NASA is abandoning repair of the telescope.
                    Its main mission was to find other planets and especially to identify worlds the size of Earth that could support life. So far, Kepler has confirmed a total of 135 planets and found nearly 3,500 other possible planets. Scientists still have to go through all the data collected over the last couple of years, and expect to confirm even more planets.
                    Based on data retrieved by the space telescope, scientists were able to determine that there are at least 17 billion exoplanets the size of Earth in the Milky Way. Two planets located about 1,200 light years away are believed to be the most likely candidates for supporting life.