A recently published study is helping to demystify the largest known object in our solar system without an official name.
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Briefing materials for the announcement of 1,284 newly validated Kepler planets
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NASA’s Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets – the single largest finding of planets to date.
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NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, May 10 to announce the latest discoveries made by its planet-hunting mission, the Kepler Space Telescope.
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Kepler’s mission manager tells us what happened to the spacecraft and the steps the team took to return it to the job of hunting for planets for the K2 mission.
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Astronomers using the TRAPPIST telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory have discovered three planets with sizes and temperatures similar to those of Venus and Earth, orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star just 40 light-years from Earth.
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Astronomers have detected the first planetary object transiting a white dwarf using data from the K2 mission, confirming a decade-old theory.
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New clues emerge in the mystery of a star with odd light patterns.
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A star the size of Jupiter has a raging, giant storm.
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The fantasy creations of the “Star Wars” universe are strikingly similar to real planets in our own Milky Way galaxy.
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