Kepler
Will Gaia Be Our Next Big Exoplanet Hunter?
Early on the morning of Dec. 19, 2013, the pre-dawn sky above the coastal town of Kourou in French Guiana was briefly sliced by the…
Weekly Space Hangout – Oct. 31, 2014: Bad Week in Space
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) Ken Kremer (kenkremer.com /…
Weekly Space Hangout – Oct. 24, 2014
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) (more…)
Is Our Solar System Weird?
Is our Solar System normal? Or is it weird? How does the Solar System fit within the strange star systems…
Will We Find Alien Life Within 20 Years? You Can Bet On It.
During a hearing last week before the U.S. House Science and Technology Committee SETI scientists Seth Shostak and Dan Werthimer…
Kepler Space Telescope Gets A New Exoplanet-Hunting Mission
After several months with their telescope on the sidelines, the Kepler space telescope team has happy news to report: the…
What Steps Are Needed To Find More Earths?
It wasn't so long ago that we found out there is an Earth-sized planet in a habitable zone of a…
Kepler Has Found the First Earth-Sized Exoplanet in a Habitable Zone!
It's truly a "eureka" moment for Kepler scientists: the first rocky Earth-sized world has been found in a star's habitable…
Weekly Space Hangout – February 28, 2014: Good NASA News and 715 Confirmed Planets!
Host: Fraser Cain Astrojournalists: Morgan Rehnberg, David Dickinson, Elizabeth Howell, Jason Major, Casey Dreier, Mike Simmons (more…)
Mega Discovery! 715 Alien Planets Confirmed Using A New Trick On Old Kepler Data
Planet-watchers, some exciting news: you know how we keep talking about planet candidates, those planets that have yet to be…