Kepler Mission
On the Road to One Thousand Exoplanets
A quiet milestone in modern astronomy may soon come to pass. As of today, The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia lists a…
First Cloudy Alien Planet Spotted From Earth
Call it cloudy with a low chance of meatballs. The alien world Kepler-7b -- a very reflective world in big…
Flicker… A Bright New Method of Measuring Stellar Surface Gravity
A simple, yet elegant method of measuring the surface gravity of a star has just been discovered. These computations are…
Hobbled Kepler Space Telescope Now On The Hunt For A New Mission
It's unclear how the Kepler space telescope's science operations will continue, if at all, as NASA weighs what to do…
Kepler Team Has Some Success in Reaction Wheel Recovery Attempt
In May of this year, the Kepler planet-hunting telescope lost its ability to precisely point toward stars, putting its exoplanet…
Water-Trapped Worlds Possible Around Red Dwarf Stars?
Hunters of alien life may have a new and unsuspected niche to scout out. A recent paper submitted by Associate…
60 Billion Habitable Planets in the Milky Way Alone? Astronomers say Yes!
A new study suggests that the number of habitable exoplanets within the Milky Way alone may reach 60 billion. Previous…
The Hunt for Exomoons Begins!
The latest exciting undertaking in exoplanet research is the search for exomoons. A team led by Dr. David Kipping at…
Flying Space Toasters: Electrified Exoplanets Really Feel the Heat
Overheated and overinflated, hot Jupiters are some of the strangest extrasolar planets to be discovered by the Kepler mission... and…
More Insight on How NASA Might Revive the Kepler Space Telescope
The future of NASA’s Kepler space telescope mission is in doubt, NASA announced yesterday, as it suffered a failure of…