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According to Geek.com, the Kepler space telescope has been retired.
据“Geek.com”报道，开普勒太空望远镜已经退役-~RhV2u4aIhL;#。
NASA officials retired the telescope on Oct. 30th, after a 9-and-a-half year flight.
历经9年半的飞行后，10月30日，美国国家航空航天局退役了该望远镜@Dyfr5Ge,7nP。
The Kepler is NASA's first planet-hunter telescope, which discovered thousands of planets during its mission.
开普勒是美国国家航空航天局的第一架行星猎手的望远镜，它在执行任务期间发现了数千颗行星k4ee#^wF*!I,q~JnJ!。
But the Kepler recently ran out of fuel, allowing it to drift out of orbit and into the cosmos.
但最近开普勒太空望远镜的燃料耗尽，任由它漂移出轨道、进入茫茫宇宙4glul!Jk(*。

The Kepler was launched in 2009, with a mission of assessing over one hundred thousand stars in the Cygnus constellation.
开普勒太空望远镜于2009年发射升空，其任务是对天鹅座中10万多颗的恒星进行观测Q8+%mWQSiEz!CZH248@。
By 2014, the Kepler had surveyed more than 500,000 stars, and had discovered thousands of planets in orbit.
截止2014年，开普勒太空望远镜观测了50多万颗恒星，并在轨道上发现了数千颗行星a.vFld6F3_v。

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词语解释

1.cosmos n. （尤指被视为有序体系时的）宇宙

例句：Our world is but a small part of the cosmos.
我们的世界仅仅是宇宙的一小部分而已n![Tnb&tQ(l2Hlp1Hra。

2.constellation n. 星座；一群杰出人物

例句：A planet orbiting a star in the constellation of Cepheus.
围绕仙王座中一颗恒星旋转的行星KY^M^=b_9@@wKS6。