Kepler 1229

13 Dec
2016
December 13, 2016

Top Five Known Potentially Habitable Planets

Announcements about the discovery of habitable extrasolar planets have regularly dominated the news from the astronomical community over the last several years. This naturally reflects the […]
Astronomy, Extrasolar Planets, Planetary Habitability
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7 Aug
2016
August 7, 2016

Habitable Zone Exoplanets from NASA’s Kepler Mission

The primary objective of NASA’s Kepler mission is to determine how common rocky planets are in the habitable zone with the ability to detect Earth-size planets […]
Astronomy, Extrasolar Planets, Planetary Habitability
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14 May
2016
May 14, 2016

Habitable Planet Reality Check: Kepler’s Latest Finds

On May 10, 2016 NASA held a press conference to announce officially the discovery of the latest group of extrasolar planets found by the Kepler mission. […]
Astrobiology, Astronomy, Extrasolar Planets, Planetary Habitability
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