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Kepler

Earthlike planets are right around the corner

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A few weeks ago, a couple of astronomers madeheadlineswhen they announced that they’d found a planet orbiting a distant star. It was hardly the first: since 1995, about 500 planets have been discovered in orbit around stars beyond the Sun. What made this one extraordinary was, first of all, that it wasn’t all that much […]

An artist’s concept of a planetary system discovered by Kepler, called KOI-961.

Kepler turns up a trove of new exoplanets

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A Ukrainian pamphlet claims to demand all Jews register with authorities. But is it real?

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A Ukrainian pamphlet claims to demand all Jews register with authorities. But is it real?

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Scientists using NASA's Kepler space telescope have found the best candidates yet for habitable worlds beyond the solar system.

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NASA’s Kepler Spacecraft Will Never Search for Planets Again

The question of whether there is life in our galaxy may have already been answered by a spacecraft called Kepler, which was named for the man who calculated how the planets in our solar system move. According to NASA, the Kepler Spacecraft a has identified and calculated the movements of more than 3,500 possible planets, […]

VIDEO: New planet, possibly habitable, discovered by NASA scientists

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Scientists with the Kepler telescope program have discovered a planet that could be perfect for supporting life. And it’s just 600 light years away from Earth.

Neil deGrasse Tyson on New Earth-Like Planet and Black Holes

NASA’s Kepler mission has confirmed the discovery of a  planet in the habitable zone of a sun-like star. A NASA researcher says the Earth-like planet would have a surface temperature around 70 degrees Fahrenheit. This makes it a so-called “Goldilocks planet” –  not too hot, not too cold, just right to support life. Researchers have also measured […]

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Are we really alone in the universe?

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Using the Kepler space observatory, which he helped to design with a team of scientists, Dimitar Sasselov has found over 700 planets that meet earth-like criteria and could even sustain human life. He explains his findings.

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Kepler is on the hunt for planets like Earth

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On Friday, NASA is set to launch a giant telescope called Kepler into outer space. Kepler will orbit the sun and sweep it’s camcorder-like lens across the Milky Way, looking for planets like Earth, that can sustain life.

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