NASA spacecraft that found 5,000 planets running out of fuel
NASA's Kepler space telescope, which has discovered over 5,000 candidates and confirmed exoplanets, is nearing its end as it would run out of fuel within months, said the space agency. Kepler has been in Earth's orbit for nine years, exceeding its original 3.5-year mission. In 2013, astronomers bypassed a mechanical failure on the spacecraft, and named its second mission 'K2'.