Kepler

NASA found a bunch more potentially habitable planets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 20, 2017
But our days of massive exoplanet dumps may be numbered.

By David Aragorn
More Unusual Light Curves from Kepler 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 5, 2017
Twenty-three new objects have been added to the growing collection of stars observed to have unusual dips in their light curves. A recent study examines these stars and the potential causes of their strange behavior.

By David Aragorn
That ‘alien megastructure’ star might actually be a planet-eater 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 14, 2017
Starving stars are more common than intelligent life

By David Aragorn
Kepler has caught hundreds of asteroids 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 25, 2016
Kepler has had managed to ‘catch’ many meteors and asteroids in its mission to observe stars, and some astronomers have decided to use this data.

By David Aragorn
Our galaxy’s most-mysterious star is even stranger than astronomers thought 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 6, 2016
A star known by the unassuming name of KIC 8462852 in the constellation Cygnus has been raising eyebrows both in and outside of the scientific community for the past year.

By David Aragorn
Alien Megastructure? ‘Tabby’s Star’ Continues to Baffle Scientists 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 23, 2016
Nearly a year after first making headlines around the world, “Tabby’s star” is still guarding its secrets.

By David Aragorn
Kepler Watches Stellar Dancers in the Pleiades Cluster 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 13, 2016
Like cosmic ballet dancers, the stars of the Pleiades cluster are spinning. But these celestial dancers are all twirling at different speeds. Astronomers have long wondered what determines the rotation rates of these stars.

By David Aragorn
Wow! Another 104 confirmed exoplanets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 20, 2016
104 new exoplantes discovered by an international science team led at the University of Arizona.

By David Aragorn
New Planet Is Largest Discovered That Orbits Two Suns 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 14, 2016
A new giant planet has been discovered within Kepler-1647b.

By David Aragorn
Combined climate, orbit models show that Kepler-62f could sustain life 0
- From Around the Web
- May 28, 2016
“We found there are multiple atmospheric compositions that allow it to be warm enough to have surface liquid water.” “This makes it a strong candidate for a habitable planet.”

By Around the Web Editor