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The primary objective of NASA’s Kepler mission is to detect Earth-size planets orbiting Sun-like stars in Earth-like orbits. While the ongoing analysis of the huge amount […]
I still have a clear memory of waiting in anticipation of the premier episode of the now classic sci-fi television show, Lost in Space, which first […]
With a V magnitude of -1.46, Sirius is by far the brightest star in our nighttime sky. Located in the constellation of Canis Major (the Greater […]
Before the discovery of the first extrasolar planets, the only planetary system we could study was our own Solar System. Based on centuries of study, astronomers […]
The Holy Grail of NASA’s Kepler mission is the identification of what have become popularly known as “Earth twins”: Earth-size planets in Earth-like orbits around Sun-like […]
Without a doubt, NASA’s Kepler mission is the most prolific extrasolar planet hunter in the history of astronomy. As of July 23, 2015, a total of […]
One of the basic activities of science is the categorization of objects being observed based on common properties. Whether the objects be plants, rocks, subatomic particles […]
Over the past several years, NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered over a thousand confirmed planets with thousands more unconfirmed candidates awaiting follow up observations and even […]
It has been almost two decades since the first extrasolar planets were discovered orbiting Sun-like stars using precision radial velocity measurements. But as more accurate instruments […]
Without a doubt, the most prolific planet hunter to date has got to be NASA’s Kepler mission. Launched into solar orbit on March 7, 2009, Kepler […]
For over half a century, controversy has swirled around Barnard’s Star and the possibility it could harbor extrasolar planets. Back when I was growing up in […]
About two and a half years ago, the web was filled with stories about the announcement of an Earth-size extrasolar planet discovered orbiting our Sun-like next […]
