Kepler mission
What a View! Exoplanet Odd Couple Orbit in Close Proximity
Imagine if the Neptune was only a million miles from Earth. What a view we’d have! … not to mention…
Terrestrial Planets Could be More Common Than Gas Giants
Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Andy Tomaswick, an electrical engineer who follows space science and technology. As…
Doomed Mercury-Sized Exoplanet May Be Turning to Dust
[/caption] The old saying of the universe being stranger than we can imagine definitely applies to a newfound exoplanet orbiting…
Kepler Mission Extended to 2016
[/caption] With NASA’s tight budget, there were concerns that some of the agency’s most successful astrophysics missions might not be…
Excellent Exoplanet Visualization: The Kepler Orrery II
About a year ago, Daniel Fabrycky from the Kepler spacecraft science team put together a terrific orrery-type visualization of all…
Goldilocks Moons
[/caption] The search for extraterrestrial life outside our Solar System is currently focused on extrasolar planets within the 'habitable zones'…
Exomoons? <em>Kepler</em>‘s On The Hunt
[/caption] Recently, I posted an article on the feasibility of detecting moons around extrasolar planets. It was determined that exceptionally…
First Earth-Sized Exoplanets Found by Kepler
[/caption] December 2011 will go down in history as the first time humanity was able to detect an Earth-sized planet…
SETI to Resume Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence; Will Target Kepler Data
After being shut down for over six months due to financial problems, The Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is once again…
No Alien Visits or UFO Coverups, White House Says
[/caption] The White House has responded to two petitions asking the US government to formally acknowledge that aliens have visited…