Channel: NASA's Ames Research Center

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Description: NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope found thousands of planets outside our solar system. Now that NASA has ended science operations, the spacecraft will remain forever in orbit around the Sun, periodically passing Earth but never coming closer than a million miles to our planet. Video credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Learn more: nasa.gov/kepler This video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20181025-AAV3140-KeplerEOF-FinalOrbit-NASAWeb.html NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames