Is life common in our galaxy? Does it exist? How unique is life here on Earth? Are we alone? The Kepler Mission is taking us one step closer to answer these age-old questions.
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Busy times are routine for the Kepler project team. Since my last update, we have announced several more confirmed planets — Kepler-16b, and the Kepler 18 system (18b, 18c, and 18d).
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A team of researchers used data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft to discover an unusual multiple-planet system containing a super-Earth and two Neptune-sized planets orbiting in resonance with each other.
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The Kepler project team has recovered spacecraft from its Safe Mode event that occurred on Feb. 1, 2011.
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Kepler and Its First 1,235 Candidates
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Safe Mode Event March 15, 2011
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Kepler Returns to Science
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University of Sydney astrophysicists are behind a major breakthrough in the study of the senior citizens of our galaxy: stars known as Red Giants.
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New findings published in three papers in the journal Science illustrate the power of the Kepler Space Telescope to probe the internal structure of distant stars.
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Another 93 Gigabytes of Data Added to the Archive
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