NASA'S Kepler Mission Spies Changing Phases in a Distant World

NASA's new exoplanet-hunting Kepler space telescope has detected the atmosphere of a known giant gas planet, demonstrating the telescope's extraordinary scientific capabilities. The discovery will be published Friday in the journal Science.The find is based on a relatively short 10 days of test data collected before the official start of science operations. Kepler was launched March 6, 2009, from