Kepler Mission
Astronomers Discover a Dark Alien World
[/caption] An exoplanet has been discovered by astronomers that reflects less than one percent of the light it receives from…
Kepler Drops In On Planetary Nebula
[/caption] Discovered by amateur Austrian astronomer, Matthias Kronberger, planetary nebula Kn 61 just happens to be in a relatively small…
June 21 ATV Re-Entry: A Man-Made Fireball In The Sky
[/caption] The Johannes Kepler ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) has undocked from the International Space station and will re- enter Earth’s…
Multi-Planet Systems Common in Kepler Findings
[/caption] Of the 1235 planetary candidates that NASA's Kepler space telescope has found so far, 408 reside in multiple-planet…
Kepler Team Announces New Rocky Planet
[/caption] Today at the American Astronomical Society conference in Boston, the Kepler team announced the confirmation of a new…
The Flip Side of Exoplanet Orbits
[/caption] It was once thought that our planet was part of a "typical" solar system. Inner rocky worlds, outlying gas…
Kepler Discovers a Rare Triple Gem
[/caption] It may be visible to the naked eye, but it took the unblinking gaze of NASA's Kepler space…
New Technique Separates the Modest Red Giants From the … Giant Red Giants
Based on results from the first year of the Kepler mission, researchers have learned a way to distinguish two different…
Amazing Image: Kepler’s Transiting Exoplanets
[/caption] Wow. This remarkable visualization shows every Kepler planetary candidate host star with its transiting companion in silhouette. Jason Rowe…