NASA’s Kepler space telescope has helped amass the most complete catalog of rotation periods for stars in a cluster
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The team has confirmed that the photometer responded as expected and began collecting data again on Tuesday, Aug. 2.
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The team finds the photometer—the camera onboard the Kepler spacecraft—powered off. The photometer was turned on again and commanded to resume science operations.
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Astronomers have catalogued the Kepler planet candidates that may be similar to our third rock from the sun.
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An international team of astronomers has discovered and confirmed a treasure trove of new worlds using NASA’s Kepler spacecraft on its K2 mission.
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Astronomers have discovered the youngest fully formed exoplanet ever detected.
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If you cast your eyes toward the constellation Cygnus, you’ll be looking in the direction of the largest planet yet discovered around a double-star system. It’s too faint to see with the naked eye, but a team led by astronomers from Goddard and San Diego State University, used NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope to identify the new planet.
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NASA has also announced today that its K2 mission is to continue science operations through the end of the FY19, by which time the on-board fuel is expected to be fully depleted.
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Our sun’s adolescence was stormy—and new evidence shows that these tempests may have been just the key to seeding life as we know it.
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A new study finds a solar system whose planets may resemble the ancient configuration of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
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