Kepler
Kepler Catches Early Flash Of An Exploding Star
The Kepler spacecraft has captured the "shock breakout" of a distant supernova, a twenty minute event that signals the end…
Largest Rocky World Found
Astrophysicists using the Kepler Spacecraft have discovered the largest rocky planet yet: BD+20594b is 16 times as massive as Earth.
What Is The Geocentric Model Of The Universe?
The geocentric model of the universe, in which the Sun, planets and stars revolved around the Earth, was the accepted…
Do Comets Explain Mystery Star’s Bizarre Behavior?
The story of KIC 8462852 appears far from over. You'll recall NASA's Kepler mission had monitored the star for four years,…
SETI Institute Undertakes Search for Alien Signal from Kepler Star KIC 8462852
"We either caught something shortly after an event like two planets crashing together or alien intelligence," said Dr. Gerald Harp,…
When Will We Find Another Earth?
We hear about discoveries of exoplanets every day. So how long will it take us to find another planet like…
Everything About Kepler-432b is Extreme, Especially the Way it’s Going to Die
Astronomers are calling Kepler-432b a ‘maverick’ planet because everything about this newly found exoplanet is an extreme, and is unlike…
250 Years of Planetary Detection in 60 Seconds
Early astronomers realized some of the "stars" in the sky were planets in our Solar System, and really, only then…
Oldest Planetary System Discovered, Improving the Chances for Intelligent Life Everywhere
Using data from the Kepler space telescope, an international group of astronomers has discovered the oldest known planetary system in…
Weekly Space Hangout – Jan 9, 2015: Andy Weir of “The Martian”
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Andy Weir , author of "The Martian" Andy was first hired as a programmer…