Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft Back in Action After Glitch

NASA's Kepler space telescope has recovered fully from a recent anomaly and is scanning the heavens for exoplanets once again, agency officials announced today (April 22). Kepler's handlers began prepping the spacecraft — which has discovered about half of all known alien planets to date — for a return to duty on Tuesday (April 19), and that process is now complete, mission team members said. "The spacecraft is now ready for science operations, officially starting K2's new gravitatio