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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 […]
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 […]
Back in July 2014, the press was filled with stories about the apparent disappearance of two potentially habitable extrasolar planets thought to be orbiting the nearby […]
The past couple of years have been eventful ones for those with an interest in habitable extrasolar planets. The media has been filled with stories about […]
For half a decade, the world has witnessed an unprecedented stream of planetary discoveries from NASA’s Kepler mission which started its primary mission on May 13, […]
The New Year is certainly proving to be a very productive one for NASA’s Kepler mission. With the detailed analysis of the data from its primary […]
One of the objectives of NASA’s Kepler mission, as well as one of the important drivers of its design, was to detect Earth-size planets in Earth-like […]
The news this week has been filled with stories about Kepler reaching its milestone of 1,000 confirmed planetary discoveries with eight of those newfound planets advertised […]
NASA’s Kepler mission has now reached a new milestone with 1,000 confirmed planets to its credit. In addition, another 554 candidate planets requiring follow-up study have […]
One of the primary motivations of NASA’s Kepler mission was to find Earth-size planets in Earth-like orbits around Sun-like stars by observing the transits of these […]
