The Kepler telescope pictures the eight-billion-year-old star cluster NGC 6791, 13,000 light years from Earth. It will focus on the 'Goldilocks' zone - an orbital band where temperatures are not too hot and not too cold, but just right to allow the existence of watery oceans, lakes and riversFrom The Daily Mail:
These are the first incredible pictures captured by Nasa's new telescope, preparing to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars.
Kepler's first image reveals a vast star field in the Cygnus-Lyra region of our galaxy, the Milky Way.
One fascinating picture is ablaze with stars filling the telescope's entire field of view, while two others zoom in on targeted stars and clusters.
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