The Pioneering Impact that Transformed Our Perception of the Cosmos

Kepler Space Telescope: Planet Hunter

Launched in 2009, the Kepler Space Telescope revolutionized our understanding of exoplanets. Kepler's mission, which ended in 2018, discovered over 2,600 exoplanets, demonstrating that planets are common in our galaxy. The mission transformed our perception of the cosmos, suggesting that Earth-like planets and potentially life could exist elsewhere in the universe.