The Kepler Space Telescope, which I was riffing on a while back was supposed to run out of funding this November. Well, stock up on popcorn exoplanet hunters because the show is going to keep going for a long time! As of today, NASA has extended the mission to 2016. Yes, that’s right. Pass the salt :D
Tags: cosmology, general nerdery, Kepler Space Telescope, our incredible universe, yesss