PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - April 16, 2009 /*NASA*/ on Thursday released several images snapped by Kepler
earlier this month, including a view of a distant part of our
galaxy containing some 14 million stars. Scientists say more than
100,000 of those stars are potential candidates for research.
Kepler was launched in March and will spend 3½ years studying
these stars in search of small rocky planets.
The $600 million mission will begin searching after engineers
tune up Kepler's science instruments in the next few weeks.
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