Astronomer John Gizis of the University of Delaware, working with data obtained by the Kepler mission, is studying a highly unusual dwarf star and its powerful flares that may hold […]
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New Kepler Mission Data Delivered
On May 28, 2013, NASA’s Kepler mission delivered new data to the NASA Exoplanet Archive. We sat down with Michael Haas, Kepler science office director at NASA Ames Research Center, […]
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Kepler's Dozen" 13 Stories About Distant Worlds That Really Exist
For centuries, humans have pondered what life on other planets beyond our solar system might be like. With the launch of the Kepler spacecraft in 2009 we now have evidence […]
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Kepler Mission Manager Update
Following the apparent failure of reaction wheel 4 on May 11, 2013, engineers were successful at transitioning the spacecraft from a Thruster-Controlled Safe Mode to Point Rest State at approximately […]
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New Method of Finding Planets Scores its First Discovery
Detecting alien worlds presents a significant challenge since they are small, faint, and close to their stars. The two most prolific techniques for finding exoplanets are radial velocity (looking for […]
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Comparing Climates: From Earth to Exoplanets
A Comparative Climatology Symposium was held at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC on Tuesday, May 7. The symposium focused on new approaches to climate research by highlighting the similarities and […]
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Hearing: Exoplanet Discoveries: Have We Found Other Earths?
The purpose of the hearing is to review the recent discovery of three super-Earth sized planets by the NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The hearing will also assess the state of […]
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Spitzer Studies Hot Jupiters
Our galaxy is teeming with a wild variety of planets. In addition to our solar system’s eight near-and-dear planets, there are more than 800 so-called exoplanets known to circle stars […]
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Observed Properties of Extrasolar Planets
Observational surveys for extrasolar planets probe the diverse outcomes of planet formation and evolution. These surveys measure the frequency of planets with different masses, sizes, orbital characteristics, and host star […]
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Two New Exoplanets Detected with Kepler, SOPHIE & HARPS-N
An international team of astronomers, including Alexandre Santerne of the EXOEarths team at CAUP, has identified and characterized two new exoplanets thanks to combined observations from the Kepler space telescope […]