At 11 a.m. PDT / 2 p.m. EDT, Thurs., Apr. 17, NASA will host a media teleconference to announce new discovery made by its planet-hunting mission, the Kepler Space Telescope.
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On March 6, 2009, NASA’s Kepler space telescope rocketed off into the darkness in search of potentially habitable worlds. Five years later we know now most stars have planets, Earth-size planets are common, and planets quite unlike those in our solar system exist.
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NASA’s Kepler mission announced Wednesday the discovery of 715 new planets. These newly-verified worlds orbit 305 stars, revealing multiple-planet systems much like our own solar system.
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NASA’s Kepler mission announced Wednesday the discovery of 715 new planets. These newly-verified worlds orbit 305 stars, revealing multiple-planet systems much like our own solar system.
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During a spacecraft operations test before the first engineering campaign, the team discovered that one of the science modules had failed. At this time, it does not appear that this will have any impact on the Campaign 0 planning.
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NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Feb. 26, to announce new discoveries made by its planet-hunting mission, the Kepler Space Telescope.
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At 10 a.m. PST / 1 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Feb. 26, NASA will host a media teleconference to announce new discoveries made by its planet-hunting mission, the Kepler Space Telescope.
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During one of the demonstration tests, the known planet-hosting star WASP-28 was observed while in K2’s field of view. The observation proves the repurposed spacecraft can still detect planets!
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The National Space Club honors Kepler for revolutionizing astrophysics and exoplanet science by expanding the census of planets beyond our solar system and fundamentally altering our understanding of our place in the Milky Way galaxy.
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NASA’s Kepler space telescope mission will be honored with the National Space Club’s preeminent award, the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy, in March.
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