Fine Music Radio Looking Up

Looking Up - 02 November 2018

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The Kepler Space Telescope has come to the end of its working life. Kechil gives a round-up of its achievements in looking for planets around distant stars, and reminds us it's not long since we didn't know for sure that there were any other planets in the universe.
2 Nov 2018 English South Africa Places & Travel

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