NASA astronauts “use the force” every time they launch … from a certain point of view. We have real-world droids and ion engines. We’ve seen dual-sun planets like Tatooine and a moon that eerily resembles the Death Star.
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From exoplanets to supernovae discoveries, a spacecraft’s second life continues to shine as K2.
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Now in its eighth observing campaign, the Kepler spacecraft continues to operate beautifully as the K2 mission.
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For the first time, the shock breakout of a supernova has been caught
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Teaming up on a global experiment in exoplanet observation, NASA’s K2 mission and Earth-based observatories on six continents will use gravitational microlensing to search for exoplanets that are too distant and dark to detect any other way.
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The Kepler spacecraft remains stable as the process of returning it to science continues. The cause of the anomaly, first reported on April 8, remains under investigation.
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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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